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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!unixhub!news.Stanford.EDU!usenet From: Robert James Williamson <sparkles@leland.stanford.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Installation woes... Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 17:53:41 -0700 Organization: Stanford University Lines: 30 Message-ID: <319A7C95.4F4E@leland.stanford.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: solaria01.stanford.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4m) I've been trying to install FreeBSD without too much success, perhaps some of you gurus could lend me a hand: I've done the install as given in the FreeBSD manual packaged with the CD Rom. The install looks great, except that xfree86 doesn't quite seem to work properly. I believe the problem lies with the configuration of the mouse driver. I've left it's device driver as /dev/mouse, which at least gets xfree86 to the point where you can see the cursor and the familiar checkerboard background image. The problem is nothing, neither the keyboard nor the mouse, can be used anymore. I don't think the kernal has crashed, although I suppose it's a possibility. I have a Compaq Presario, and am using a bus mouse. A friend had suggested to use the /dev/mmeo0(?) driver, but this causes the entire machine to reboot while X is starting, so I think I may have been on the more correct path with /dev/mouse. I just used xf86config to change the mouse configuration and driver, so don't suspect I've done something complicated to mess up the system. Additionally, I can't seem to get any of the networking to operate. Most networking utilities report 'no route to host'. How do I turn on the networking facilities? The computer is connected to an ethernet lan, and it's clear at boot time that the kernal is aware there is a TCP/IP capable interface. Well that's it for now, very simple questions, I suspect. You can assume I've *just* finished the X-Developer installation from CD-Rom, if that ends up not being the case, I can just reinstall the package with that configuration and go from there. If you have some pointers on how I might resolve some of these problems, I'd be very grateful for any advice or suggestions you could send my way! Kindest regards, Robert Williamson sparkles@leland.stanford.edu