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Date:      Tue, 2 Jan 1996 23:16:50 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        ptroot@uswest.com
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Three problems with FreeBSD 2.1
Message-ID:  <199601022216.XAA17231@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <9601021535.AA00549@kermit.acs.uswest.com> from "ptroot@uswest.com" at Jan 2, 96 09:35:43 am

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As ptroot@uswest.com wrote:
> 
> 	1) When I halt/reboot/shutdown the machine, it tries to 
> 	   sync but after a line full of 1 1 1 1 1  it says
>            giving up. then on reboot it says / was not properly unmounted.
> 
> 		Could it be that the partition goes past 1024 cylinders?

No idea for this.  The 1024 cylinders are not a problem for FreeBSD
(except for the boot process, where the BIOS is involved).

> 	2) X won't work. 
> 		I can only start it as root, though the device is 666. I
> 		tried this with both the sco and the vt console. (I built both)

Which device?

> 		There is a 1 inch border on all sides. I don't have enough
> 		screen to let that happen.

I thought it doesn't work?

In case it works, but you aren't satisfied with the results, have you
considered xvidtune?

> 		The mouse runs to 0 0 and then won't move from it, the
> 		first time you touch the mouse. This is the mse0 driver.

Perhaps you've configured the wrong mouse protocol in the XF86Config
file?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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