From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 24 12:01:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01190 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 12:01:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles209.castles.com [208.214.165.209]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01183 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 12:01:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA05523; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 12:05:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810241905.MAA05523@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Stephen J. Roznowski" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 3.0 installation problems In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:50:58 EDT." <199810241850.OAA11330@istari.home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 12:05:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I just got done doing a fresh install of 3.0 and had a few problems. > [These comments are from some jotted notes, and may be incomplete]: Thanks for these; it would of course have been nice to hear these back before the release, but I guess we can alway try for next time. > 1) I have an "Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+" and was trying to do an FTP > install (via a cable modem). I deleted all of the other network > devices -- the card was recognized, but the install hung during > the "adding route" step. The 'adding route' freeze irritates the *&^%( out of me. There are several different things that can go wrong at this point and there's no easy way to tell which one it is. > I occasionally had problems with my prior 3.0-current setup, where > this card would be probed, but didn't seem to be working. A reboot > (or two) usually fixes the problem. Did it fix the problem for you here ultimately? > 2) I was doing an install using the entire 2nd drive (da1) and not > touching the MBR. After setup was finished, my /etc/fstab was > incorrectly referencing the first drive (da0). Further, none of > the /dev/da1s1? devices were made. This is one that Jordan will have to field; it looks like something has forgotten the unit number somewhere along the way. Definitely bad. > 3) I installed the "netscape-navigator-4.07" port, and when I try to > execute it, I get the following error: > > ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libXt.so.6.0" I don't think that the a.out X libraries get installed by default. (I could be wrong about this.) If there's nothing in /usr/X11R6/lib/aout, then that's the problem. In that case, we'll need to provide them too. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message