From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Jan 2 14:22:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA14969 for bugs-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:22:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de [141.76.1.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA14957 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:21:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de by irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with ESMTP id XAA09870; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 23:21:38 +0100 Received: by sax.sax.de (8.6.11/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id XAA05872; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 23:21:38 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.7.3/8.6.9) id XAA17231; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 23:16:50 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch Message-Id: <199601022216.XAA17231@uriah.heep.sax.de> Subject: Re: Three problems with FreeBSD 2.1 To: ptroot@uswest.com Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 23:16:50 +0100 (MET) Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <9601021535.AA00549@kermit.acs.uswest.com> from "ptroot@uswest.com" at Jan 2, 96 09:35:43 am X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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. ;-)