From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 3 06:22:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA25810 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Oct 1996 06:22:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA25802 for ; Thu, 3 Oct 1996 06:22:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nadav@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id PAA28801; Thu, 3 Oct 1996 15:20:55 +0200 (IST) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 15:20:55 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron To: Advanced Digital Research cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more install problems In-Reply-To: <3253A6CC.2706@whoweb.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Advanced Digital Research wrote: > I am still having problems with FreeBSD and my system and would > appreciate any help the experts can provide. I've already received some > excellent suggestions to try but unfortunately none of them have > resolved the problems I'm seeing. I must have something setup wrong > with the mouse due to the X error I'm receiveing, but I'm out of ideas > at this point. > > 1.) Can not boot custom kernel. > No matter what I try, I can ONLY boot the generic kernel as shipped, > or the GENERIC kernel with the XSERVER option and psm0 device built in > it. I have tried starting with GENERIC and adding in the things I > *think* I need, and I've tried starting with LINT and removing the > things I *don't* think I need. What things are those you *think* you need? The best thing to do is usually to start with GENERIC and add/remove stuff as needed. > > In both cases, the kernel builds without errors, but the system hangs > immediately after echoing the text and data information. > > 2.) X will not run under the GENERIC kernel > I am no longer getting system panics, however I do receive the following > error: > Fatal Server Error > Cannot open mouse > > xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): unexpected signal 13 > > I have /dev/psm0 /dev/mse0 and /dev/mouse built in /dev. > Look in the XF86Config file, under the section "Pointer". Your X server may be looking for something else... I think that it also leaves some logs around that you may get more information from. I just don't remember where they would be, but / may be a good place to look for them (or perhaps ~root/ ?). Nadav