Re: freeBSD 5.4 install problem

2005-10-18 Thread Peter Clutton
On 10/19/05, kenneth hatteland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 succesfully on an old p133 compaq armada > 1550 with kde. But when I boot the machine I get this : > > F1 ??? default > F2 freebsd > > pressing anything except F1 makes the box beep, and nothing happens when

freeBSD 5.4 install problem

2005-10-18 Thread kenneth hatteland
I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 succesfully on an old p133 compaq armada 1550 with kde. But when I boot the machine I get this : F1 ??? default F2 freebsd pressing anything except F1 makes the box beep, and nothing happens when pressing F1.. any ideas ?? Kenneth, Norway _

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 install problem. Newbee needs help.

2005-08-10 Thread RW
On Wednesday 10 August 2005 02:11, William Manley wrote: > I am a new FreeBSD user and I have an installation that has gone bad. My > problems started when I enabled XDM for a graphical logon into Gnome. > When I logged in as root the system just looped back to the logon > screen. I then assumed I

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 install problem. Newbee needs help.

2005-08-10 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 8/10/05, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:11:53 -0400 > > William Manley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am a new FreeBSD user and I have an installation that has gone bad. > > > My problems s

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 install problem. Newbee needs help.

2005-08-10 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 8/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:11:53 -0400 > William Manley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am a new FreeBSD user and I have an installation that has gone bad. > > My problems started when I enabled XDM for a graphical logon into > > Gnome. W

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 install problem. Newbee needs help.

2005-08-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:11:53 -0400 William Manley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a new FreeBSD user and I have an installation that has gone bad. > My problems started when I enabled XDM for a graphical logon into > Gnome. When I logged in as root the system just looped back to the > logon s

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 install problem. Newbee needs help.

2005-08-09 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
William Manley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am a new FreeBSD user and I have an installation that has gone bad. My > problems started when I enabled XDM for a > graphical logon into Gnome. When I logged in as root the system just looped > back to the logon screen. I then assumed I > had confi

Re: FreeBSD 5.4 install problem. Newbee needs help.

2005-08-09 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 06:11 PM 8/9/2005, William Manley wrote: I am a new FreeBSD user and I have an installation that has gone bad. My problems started when I enabled XDM for a graphical logon into Gnome. When I logged in as root the system just looped back to the logon screen. I then assumed I had configured my

FreeBSD 5.4 install problem. Newbee needs help.

2005-08-09 Thread William Manley
I am a new FreeBSD user and I have an installation that has gone bad. My problems started when I enabled XDM for a graphical logon into Gnome. When I logged in as root the system just looped back to the logon screen. I then assumed I had configured my .xinitrc file wrong so I booted the install