Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:52:51 -0400 (EDT) From: George Sollish <gsollish@mail.gisco.net> To: Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade woes Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.10.10008100847410.307-100000@pequod.autogear.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008101147260.266-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de>
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Paul Herman wrote: > Hi George, > > On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, George Sollish wrote: > > > I've been running 3.2R on a compaq i586-84 for a year and felt it was time > > to move on to 4.0R, so I followed the instructions for a binary upgrade > > which worked reasonably well EXCEPT: > > > > (1) 'startx' (for root or user) fails with a series of messages: > > Xwrapper: no modules loader for 'xserver' service > > Authentication failed -- cannot start X server > > Perhaps with your upgrade you didn't update /etc/pam.conf? You might > want to check if you have this in /etc/pam.conf: > > xserver auth required pam_permit.so > > If that doesn't do the trick, in /etc/fbtab try uncommenting the line: > > /dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console > > > (2) This is a dual boot box (Win95) using the FreeBSD bootloader. The > > bootloader works fine on a cold boot, but locks solid on a warm boot. > > Initiating a boot from the install floppy displays the same behavior: fine > > on a cold boot, 'disc read error, no /kernel present' on a warm boot. > > Sounds like a problem with either BIOS/hardware. I'd be really > grasping at straws if I were to guess that your drives needed to reset > from some reason or something... ? > > -Paul. Paul, Thanks. The xserver line was missing from /etc/pam.conf. I'll file that away against my next upgrade, however, as I rebuilt the box before I caught your post. Regarding the hardware, it worked fine on 3.2 before the upgrade attempt, and it still locks on warm boots after the 4.0 install. Odd. George E Sollish Chief Engineer Auto Gear Equipment Host Classic-FM's Listening Room Project Manager The Payne Lake Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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