Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 15:11:12 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Subject: Re: Is 10.3 i386 jinxed ? Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP195A96C57DDFB5B116CCE52F6780@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20160430203426.a9d5841b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <BLU436-SMTP151A41CC0BE118F82C0C189F6660@phx.gbl> <20160430084415.03be443d.freebsd@edvax.de> <5724604D.3020804@hotmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP10004EAA9AA9F6D830DF24CF6670@phx.gbl> <20160430203426.a9d5841b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 05/01/16 00:04, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:43:47 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: >> I reinstalled the whole system using xfce as the desktop. While things >> have improved, the system is still not workable. >> >> 1) The installer 'forgot' to place the boot code on the MBR. I had to >> use live CD + boot0cfg to fix that. > Use MBR only if needed. Today's preference is to use GPT for > partitioning. Compare: > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html > > Use MBR only if you have a valid reason as it probably has > reached the state of "not supported anymore". > > > >> 2) The first time X started, xfce4-panel crashed >> 3) The second time, xfce-terminal crashed >> 4) The third time, trying to launch firefox rebooted the system. > This (and especially the last problem) leads to the impression > that there is a _massive_ problem, it's probably not related to > the FreeBSD OS, and surely not to installed applications. Are > you sure there isn't a hardware problem lurking in the background? > Like... starting a web browser reboots the system... this simply > sounds totally wrong. > > > >> Overall, 10.3 i386 seems to have gremlins in the belly. What do I do ? > I have a 10.2 installation on an older Dell laptop, running Gnome 2, > no problems so far (but I haven't tried updating it yet, as I'm a > big fan of "never touch a running system", a symptom of lazyness > and "fat fingers"). :-) > > > >> Try some linux distro ? This is exactly what I have been trying to avoid. > Check out PC-BSD or try the Lxde desktop. Maybe you can also > settle for a less convoluted desktop, i.e. a window manager > that you like. > > > >> BTW, does anyone have any idea where can I get Windows XP drivers for >> the NE56R laptop ? > >From the manufacturer of course. :-) > > > >> If nothing else works, XP remains my fall-back option. > For offline use that's probably more or less okay. :-) > > I strongly suspect some hardware problem, quite possible RAM : there is a page fault at boot time and the report is in /var/crash. I am running memtest86+ for 24 hours, and will report results tomorrow. If memtest86+ detects no errors, I will paste the contents of the crash report for some expert to analyse. Regards Manish Jain
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