Post-installation configuration problems with FreeBSD 4.4

[Randi Harper]

On Dec 12, 2003, at 11:27 AM, Walt Haynes wrote:

>     I've installed FreeBSD 4.4 from the CD-ROM included in my FreeBSD 
> Unleashed book (I installed 4.4 instead of 5.0 because it's supposedly 
> more stable; 5.0 is a pre-release snapshot.). When I try to do the X 
> Server configuration stuff, the server won't start and, consequently, 
> X-Windows won't start. My video card is CinePak Codec by Radius, Inc. 
> and my monitor is a 15" ASTVision 4i (Intel (r) 82810 graphics 
> controller with 4MB memory, screen refresh rate of 60 hertz, 
> resolution is 800x600, and 24 bit color quality. For the card option, 
> CinePak doesn't show up in the list of potentials. Can you tell me 
> what I might be doing wrong in my attempt to configure X server ? By 
> the way, I have FreeBSD installed in a primary partition on a system 
> on which I also run Windows XP Professional with Boot US boot manager. 
> I'd appreciate any information that you can provide. Thank you.
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You're just a teensy bit outdated.

FreeBSD 5.x is -RELEASE, just not -STABLE. and the latest version of 
FreeBSD 4.x is 4.9. This might be your problem.

Check freebsd.org.


Randi Harper

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