Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 20:34:26 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 10.3 i386 jinxed ? Message-ID: <20160430203426.a9d5841b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <BLU436-SMTP10004EAA9AA9F6D830DF24CF6670@phx.gbl> References: <BLU436-SMTP151A41CC0BE118F82C0C189F6660@phx.gbl> <20160430084415.03be443d.freebsd@edvax.de> <5724604D.3020804@hotmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP10004EAA9AA9F6D830DF24CF6670@phx.gbl>
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:43:47 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: > I reinstalled the whole system using xfce as the desktop. While things > have improved, the system is still not workable. > > 1) The installer 'forgot' to place the boot code on the MBR. I had to > use live CD + boot0cfg to fix that. Use MBR only if needed. Today's preference is to use GPT for partitioning. Compare: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html Use MBR only if you have a valid reason as it probably has reached the state of "not supported anymore". > 2) The first time X started, xfce4-panel crashed > 3) The second time, xfce-terminal crashed > 4) The third time, trying to launch firefox rebooted the system. This (and especially the last problem) leads to the impression that there is a _massive_ problem, it's probably not related to the FreeBSD OS, and surely not to installed applications. Are you sure there isn't a hardware problem lurking in the background? Like... starting a web browser reboots the system... this simply sounds totally wrong. > Overall, 10.3 i386 seems to have gremlins in the belly. What do I do ? I have a 10.2 installation on an older Dell laptop, running Gnome 2, no problems so far (but I haven't tried updating it yet, as I'm a big fan of "never touch a running system", a symptom of lazyness and "fat fingers"). :-) > Try some linux distro ? This is exactly what I have been trying to avoid. Check out PC-BSD or try the Lxde desktop. Maybe you can also settle for a less convoluted desktop, i.e. a window manager that you like. > BTW, does anyone have any idea where can I get Windows XP drivers for > the NE56R laptop ? >From the manufacturer of course. :-) > If nothing else works, XP remains my fall-back option. For offline use that's probably more or less okay. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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