From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 27 4:43:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp9.xs4all.nl (smtp9.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D1E37B415 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 04:43:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tendimus.meridien.nl (stat124-32.dial.xs4all.nl [194.109.124.32]) by smtp9.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA21227 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:43:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wijnand ([192.168.0.104]) by tendimus.meridien.nl (MERAK 2.10.282) with ESMTP id CRC36692 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:43:51 +0200 Message-ID: <01b101c14749$b1b505e0$6800a8c0@wijnand> From: "Wijnand Wiersma" To: References: <016301c14732$9b6c7dc0$6800a8c0@wijnand> <3BB2D854.FAF5D2C1@flash.net> Subject: Re: X and windowmanager problems (and some more :( ) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:43:57 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG well, I do need ext2fs. I kept my old home partition from my slackware installation. And what I want isn't very dangerous. I did everything the normal way, but I get so much errors and problems, this isn't normal I assume. So is there anybody who knows what to do? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Courtney Thomas" To: "Wijnand Wiersma" Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 9:42 AM Subject: Re: X and windowmanager problems (and some more :( ) > You don't need that ext2fs option. It'll lead to panics, etc.. Just > choose linux compatibility, if desired, when installing. > > Twm is default. If you wish another install it after getting system > working. > > Regarding Xfree86, as with all else, I'd recommend getting defaults > working, then changing one at a time. > > Goodluck. > > > > > > Wijnand Wiersma wrote: > > > > I will start with being honest: I'm a complete newbie to FreeBSD, I'm > > used too the good old easy slackware linux. > > > > Yesterday I installed FreeBSD 4.4 and got my ADSL connection working > > in no-time. > > > > But then I installed XFree86 4 from the cdrom (not through the ports > > collection) > > I had several strange problems. Configuring X was easy, just like in > > slackware. > > But then I run startx and only X came up without a windowmanager. > > I already had installed KDE with /stand/sysinstall > > When other users started X they got twm (I guess), and that's not what > > I want because my whole family has to work on that pc :( > > I saw KDE only once and I don't know how I did that! > > > > In the meanwile I recompiled my kernel > > I used the GENERIC config file and only added > > device pcm > > options ext2fs > > > > After the reboot my mouse didn't even work anymore, only when I > > reenabled it in /stand/sysinstall > > My networkcards didn't come up anymore (realtek 8029's) and I had to > > do ifconfig manually and start my ADSL connection. > > > > What can I do to avoid all these problems? It isn't normal. I > > installed 4.3 several times without any problems. > > > > Is there somebody in this maillinglist with the answers? I do hope, I > > really want to run this beautifull os. > > > > Thank you, > > Wijnand Wiersma > > > > Ps, is it possible in FreeBSD to have a graphical login, like in linux > > starting in runlevel 5? > > -- > "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little mathematicians." > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message