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From: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0R -> 2.0.5-SNAP problems. Maybe someone has a clue for me?
Organization: 1 Bagshot Row, the Shire
Message-ID: <DBu62t.2Bv@bagend.atl.ga.us>
References: <ARNULF.95Jul16124218@arnulf.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 01:13:41 GMT
Lines: 35
So you dumped a new src tree into a 2.0 system, did a make world
and a make install? I believe that this is *not* recommend. I
don't know what could be happening with X, but maybe the new
kernel is expecting the new slice code and you did not reformat
your slice/partition?
In article <ARNULF.95Jul16124218@arnulf.dialup.fu-berlin.de>,
& Guenther <arnulf@arnulf.dialup.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>recently I fetched 2.0.5-950622-SNAP from a local mirror and
>recompiled my kernel. Works fine with two exceptions:
>
> 1. Mount complains about some partitions `not within
> the slice' and refuses to mount my DOS partitions.
>
> 2. What's worse, the X server doesn't work at all.
>
>OK, I thought, that wasn't enough, so I recompiled the whole thing.
>Btw, `make world' took about 10 and a half hours on my machine. But
>still these problems remain. I reverted to my trusty 2.0R kernel now,
>but I would really like to get this thing working (at least to try out
>Doom 8).
>
>The X server works fine with my old kernel, but when I start the
>server on the 2.0.5 kernel it switches the display to a very dark blue
>and I'm forced to reboot by CTRL-ALT-DEL. And the monitor claims a VF
>of 134Hz!!
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