Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 10:09:57 -0400 From: Robin Woolard <RWoolard@NewWorldApps.com> To: Marjan Bozinovski <marjanb@cpk.auc.dk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Stopped at installing XFree86-Server Message-ID: <48F26311AF9C9943926CA0CD204BC2140C3F9F@nwa-srv-01.newworldapps.com>
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I had to skip XFree86 during the initial install and install it after the FreeBSD install was complete. Have you tried doing that? RW -----Original Message----- From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran@iowna.com] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:27 AM To: Marjan Bozinovski; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stopped at installing XFree86-Server Please use "reply to all" so that the mailing list gets copies of your email as well. That way, if I don't know the answer, someone else may be able to help you. I would suggest posting the details of your hardware, as well as what you see on the other screen (as described below) to the list. -Bill Marjan Bozinovski wrote: > > The CPU rate is 800 MHz, and the problem is that there is no disc activity > at all. > There is no sound from the disc. > > Marjan > > > How long did you wait? The XFree86 program is large and may take some > > time to install (depending on your hardware speeds). As long as there's > > disk activity you can assume that it's still working. > > If you hit this at initial install time you can hit ALT-F2 to see a more > > detailed screen of what's happening. If you truely are freezing up, > > what's on this screen will be important to debugging the problem. > > Use ALT-F1 to return to the main install screen. > > > > -Bill > > > > > Marjan Bozinovski wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a problem with installing FreeBSD. > > > Actually, everything was going well until it came > > > to the installation of the packages. > > > The process stopped at unpacking of the package > > > XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1.tgz. > > > The screen got frozen with this information displayed: > > > > > > /// > > > Adding packages/All/XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1.tgz from acd0c > > > > > > Package XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1.tgz read succesfully > > > - waiting for pkg_add(1) > > > /// > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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