Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Installation problems Date: 26 Jul 1996 15:44:09 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4taljp$8j@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <31F2B8AF.3CA7@IX.NETCOM.COM> <4t0a7h$7o@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Brian Somers (brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk) wrote: : Paul A. Aviles (PAAVILES@IX.NETCOM.COM) wrote: : : I am having problems installing FREEBsd on an IBM ValuePoint 425SX. I : : canoot get XFree86 to work. This pc has an TS400 video controller with : : 1 Mb. of RAM. I am using an IBM 8513 (old) monitor. After is select : : the X-User configuration I select 31.5 and 59.9 for the H and V : : settings. I also select 49 for the generic TS4000 card. It does not : : work guys! Also, I cannot install any additional software using : : stand\sysinstall, it will not recognize the SCSI CD ROM. And finally, : : I cannot reconfigure the kernel since the /usr/src/sys directory is : : blank. : I've already "answered" you via e-mail. I also consider it somewhat : impolite that you emailed me directly with this *exact* mail without : first having asked on Usenet (with "Can you help me brian" at the : front). : You should be a bit more thoughtful - What made you think I know : anything about X ?.... or did you just email me because you thought : you'd get better "bang for your buck" ? Of course, the idea that : you emailed more than just me has not backing, that's why I didn't : mention it. : A copy of this has been sent to the author by email. I received email that said I'm jumped to conclusions here - a *lot*. Sorry if I have, it just looked bad..... If this sort of thing happens in the future, I'll think first and iron it out via email. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....