From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 27 13:07:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA03584 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:07:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA03522 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:07:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA00483; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:05:34 -0800 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:05:33 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Carlos Smith cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD crashes... Help? In-Reply-To: <199602270256.SAA02847@ix8.ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Carlos Smith wrote: > I've installed it several times with the same result...it crashes > every time I run X WIndows and leave just a screensaver on. It freezes > everytime and the only way to recover it is by turning it off and on > again. Which screensaver? > I have done the -c at booting and deleted all the devices that were not > pressent and others causing conflicts. > I did configure X windows with the videocard I have (Diamond Stealth 64 > Video) It runs but it crashes. Can you suggest where can I go for help? Take a look at /var/log/messages and see if something happened to the program or the X server. > Also after installing, the machine does not "see" the cdrom. What is > the right way to make the system "find" the cdrom again? That depends on what kind of CDROM you have. In any case, you'll need the kernel source and need to rebuild to get the support in. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major