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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!news From: Tom Fischer <tfischer@amak.rain.fr> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: My system reboots when I startx Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 15:06:55 +0000 Organization: CSI InterNetNews site Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3173B78F.167EB0E7@amak.rain.fr> References: <4kuu0d$9eh@ram2.ramlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: amak.rain.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b2 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) CC: tpavlik@ramlink.net I had the same problem until I reconfigured my kernel to accept my PS/2 type mouse. X-windows tries to access your mouse (I thought my mouse was a bus-mouse- oops), and then chokes when it can't, and the whole system reboots. If you have a PS/2 type mouse, reconfigure your kernel (see the FAQ), and try again. tom tfischer@amak.rain.fr tpavlik wrote: > > I installed FreeBSD with very little problem. I used the novice > installation and installed everything. When it came time to setup X, I > configured X with the Diamond Stealth64 Video card that corresponded to > my video card with 2048K memory. I also set it up with a two-button > mouse and I didn't emulate the middle button. I also set the chipset to > the Trident S3 chipset. > > After I configured X, I tried to startx. When I did that, the screen > went blank and about 30 seconds later my machine rebooted. I have a > friend who has been helping me. He is also stumped. He thinks there is > an error that causes fatal error but it isn't serious enough to cause a > core dump. We tried different configuration with no luck. He left me > to try different configurations.