Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 02:51:30 -0400 From: Advanced Digital Research <adrl@whoweb.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: adrl@whoweb.com Subject: Installation Question Message-ID: <3250BF72.4369@whoweb.com>
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I'm having trouble starting an X server and building a customized kernel after performing an installation using the Walnut Creek FreeBSD 2.1 CDROM distribution media. My system configuration and installation steps are included at the end of this mail. Thanks in advance for any help you can lend. Jon 1.) Executing 'startx' causes the system to panic. The monitor goes blank for approximately 15 seconds and then the system reboots. Upon startup, fsck is required to repair disk inconsistencies caused by the panic. 2.) I can not run a custom kernel specific to my system. I created a config file following the directions given in the "Installing and running FreeBSD" book that came with the CDROM from Walnut Creek. The 'config' command executes without errors and the kernel compiles without errors. When I boot the kernel however, the system hangs after reading in the text and data information. 3.) After failing at #2 above a number of times trying different config file entries, I took a different approach and copied the GENERIC config file to MYKERNEL and added only the XSERVER option and the psm0 option. After building this kernel, the system was able to boot, but startx still paniced the system as described under #1 above. 4.) During bootup of the generic kernel I noticed that the system is apparently not able to find the psm0 device and gives the "not found" message for psm0 at this point in the boot sequence. System Configuration MB Asus P55T2P4 w/PS2 Mouse Adapter CPU Cyrix P166+ Mem 24meg 60ns Video Diamond Stealth 2001, 2meg DRAM, S3chip-based SCSI Asus PCI SC-200 (53c810 chip-based) HDD 2gig SCSI (ID 0), 1gig SCSI (ID 1) CD SCSI (ID 4) FDD Mitsumi 1.44mb MSE PS/2 Logitech 3-button mouse KBD Mitsumi 104key Keyboard MON 17" CTX 1785GMd .26 Color Monitor Installation Technique Selected Novice Option Dedicated entire sd1 disk (A option) Assigned sd1 as boot disk (S option) Selected default partitions (A option) Selected STANDARD boot option (no multi-OS) Installed Everything (everything option) Performed X11R6 configuration phase Did NOT install any other packages
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