Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 08:33:02 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Jamie Wright" <yhiannah@itlnet.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: help!!! Message-ID: <005a01c0d9a1$30186100$0300a8c0@oracle> References: <000801c0d99c$1b52a320$9e0de2d8@win32>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C0D9F4.FDE62560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think a lot of people have had major problems getting open source X to = work properly. I gave it up as a lost cause, but then my FreeBSD systems = are all webservers / gateways / etc & there isn't any particular reason = to run X. Its quite a different exercise with the Solaris & SCO (CDE) = renditions .... everything works brilliantly providing one has a = supported videocard .... I've always had extremely good results with ATI = Rage Pro, but the HCL includes quite a list of commonly available = devices. I'll be interested however to see what responses that posting generates. = My guess is that the detection routine for the videocard chipset is = badly broken but maybe there are at least one or two videocards that do = work without aggro. How about bog standard "common or garden variety" S3 = Trio / Virge or even Tseng ET6000 / ET6100 ?? Not everyone wants or = needs "you beaut" 128Mb / turbocharged / watercooled gameplayer specials = :) ........ and for those Matrox fanatics out there,=20 I refuse to pay over $AU400 for ANY videocard (which is what I was = quoted a while back) ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jamie Wright=20 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 7:56 AM Subject: help!!! To whom it may concern, I cant get X to install. I installed FreeBSD and rebooted, logged in, = and typed "startx" and it couldent find it. Perhapse this was due to a = message i recieved during installation that said "Xfree86 3.xxx could = not be installed" and the only option was the "abort" option. I have a = voodoo banshee card, and I dont think its the graphics card. I had 6 = gigs to work with. do i just start over and try to install ALL of the = ports? the install only used the first CD. I just bought the FreeBSD = powerpak 4.2 from amazon.com because I hate Linux. I just want to use a = UNIX-type OS. What do I do???????? Help, please!!!!!!! Sincerely, Robert Gallimore yhiannah@itlnet.net ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C0D9F4.FDE62560 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2462.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think a lot of people have had major = problems=20 getting open source X to work properly. I gave it up as a lost cause, = but then=20 my FreeBSD systems are all webservers / gateways / etc & there isn't = any=20 particular reason to run X. Its quite a different exercise with the = Solaris=20 & SCO (CDE) renditions .... everything works brilliantly providing = one has a=20 supported videocard .... I've always had extremely good results with ATI = Rage=20 Pro, but the HCL includes quite a list of commonly available=20 devices.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'll be interested however to see what = responses=20 that posting generates. My guess is that the detection routine for = the=20 videocard chipset is badly broken but maybe there are at least one or = two=20 videocards that do work without aggro. How about bog standard = "common or=20 garden variety" S3 Trio / Virge or even Tseng ET6000 / ET6100 ?? Not = everyone=20 wants or needs "you beaut" 128Mb / turbocharged / watercooled gameplayer = specials :) ........ and for those Matrox fanatics out there,=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I refuse to pay over $AU400 for ANY = videocard=20 (which is what I was quoted a while back)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dyhiannah@itlnet.net = href=3D"mailto:yhiannah@itlnet.net">Jamie=20 Wright</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 = href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 11, 2001 7:56 = AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> help!!!</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To whom it may concern,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I cant get X to install. I installed = FreeBSD and=20 rebooted, logged in, and typed "startx" and it couldent find it. = Perhapse this=20 was due to a message i recieved during installation that said "Xfree86 = 3.xxx=20 could not be installed" and the only option was the "abort" option. I = have a=20 voodoo banshee card, and I dont think its the graphics card. I had 6 = gigs to=20 work with. do i just start over and try to install ALL of the ports? = the=20 install only used the first CD. I just bought the FreeBSD powerpak 4.2 = from=20 amazon.com because I hate Linux. I just want to use a UNIX-type OS. = What do I=20 do???????? Help, please!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Robert Gallimore</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>yhiannah@itlnet.net</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01C0D9F4.FDE62560-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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