Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:48:20 -0800 From: Desmond Lee <jenson@attcanada.ca> To: z thompson <cublai@earthlink.net>, lanehol@bellsouth.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x-windows not working Message-ID: <4.3.0.20010312194047.00a8bf00@inbox.attcanada.ca> In-Reply-To: <01031206392100.57394@Nero> References: <4.3.0.20010311234918.00ba8890@inbox.attcanada.ca> <4.3.0.20010311234918.00ba8890@inbox.attcanada.ca>
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Hi Guys Thanks a lot for your help. Unfortunately I'm still not able to get the x-server going and it still stalls. what i did was the follwoing: I reinstalled free bsd and got a bunch of messages saying that the pc98-servers/x9480, pc98-servers/x9EGC, pc98-servers/X9GA9,.... etc couldn't get transfered. Also, i got a message saying " unable to transfer the x1k98 distribution from acdoc" and " unable to transfer the X9set distribution from acdoc". I then took Zach Thompson's advice and didn't configure the x-server and continued w/ the rest of the installation config. set up stuff. I then rebooted and logged in as root and tried to configure the xfree86 after running "/stand/sysinstall". Unfortunately, upon finishing the configuration, the x-server still hangs when it tries to start. I then had to press control-alt-del to reboot. I then tried to take Lane's advice and look in the "/var/log/XFree86.0.log but there was no files with names similar to this in the var/log directory. So, now i'm back to square one. I have free bsd installed, but no pretty graphical component. IF anyone could please help that would be great. Thanks in advance regards desmond lee At 06:16 AM 12/03/2001 -0700, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, you wrote: > > Hi there > > > > I'm a newbie and have successfully installed freed bsd 4.2, but am having > > problems with getting the graphical component running > > > > I'm pretty sure that my video card (ati rage fury pro with tv out) is > > compatible since the configuration tool used in the free bsd installation > > worked perfect. > > > > The only problem is that when it tries to start the x-server ( i think > > that's the graphical component part of bsd, like x-window right? ), it > > stalls and doesn't t go anywhere. To stop this i have to reboot and the > > configuration is left undone. > > > > > > I have no idea why this is. I think it may have to do with some of the > > files that couldn't get copied over during installation. In particular, > > the x1k98, x9set and a bunch of the pc98-servers/ files couldn't get > > transferred over during installation. > > > > If anyone could help me with this problem that would be great, 'cause I've > > wanted to get up and running w/ free bsd for sooooooo long, but am having > > so much difficulty. > > >I had similar problems when I first tried installing FreeBSD a while back. >Couldn't get the xserver to start. I followed the steps in the book >exactly and >it still wouldn't work. A friend of mine who's really good at Unix in general >had to show me a few tricks. > >First, don't configure X when you install the base system. Instead, skip >the configuration. Do the other stuff like set the root password, etc., and >reboot. Make sure you leave leave the default svga and vga16 servers >checked even though you may also select a server for MachX. Doesn't hurt to >have extras. > >When you get to the prompt, login as root and type "/stand/sysinstall". >Choose configure and then choose XFree86 configuration. Use the graphical >configuration tool. Go through each of menus and set your hardware. Choose >something fairly conservative for your video like 16 bits and 1024x768. As >with the command line utility choose your card and memory. The menu all the >way to the right usually doesn't have anything you need to set. When you >hit Ok >the xserver should start. When the menu comes up hit Ok, don't >run xvidtune or >anything. When it asks to create the link hit yes. > >I've used these steps probably 50 times since without a problem even though, >like you, I couldn't get the xserver to start at first. The main thing >was not >configuring X in the initial install of the system for some reason. > >Hope this helps. If you've already tried this, sorry. > >Zach Thompson > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: PGP 6.5.8 > >iQA/AwUBOqzRj5CjAI4/vZatEQIkhQCdEBVKK3lFQBDNwYbKys4Qx1/ocGoAn2UL >g/ghtX+7w98QAt2qxheY5Jsl >=3Ais >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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