Compaq Presario 1610 known problems with X?

[David Wassman]

Thanks for the response. I guess more info would have been nice. It was 4 in 
the morning and I didn't have a clear head. I tried 4.8 as I stated and it 
is working fine with GNome (a little slow but not too bad).


>From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk at daleco.biz>
>To: David Wassman <dmwassman at hotmail.com>
>CC: freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: Compaq Presario 1610 known problems with X?
>Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:00:18 -0500
>
>David Wassman wrote:
>
>>I don't know if this is the correct list. Here is my question:
>>
>
>It's OK not to know, if you don't know.  Just so you
>know, it should probably be "freebsd-questions at freebsd.org",
>y'know?     :-)
>
>Who knows, if I know anything, I might even answer
>you over there ....
>
>>I am trying to install FreeBSD (version 5.2.1 but I am going to try and 
>>install
>>4.8 later tonight). I am having problems installing either kde or Gnome 
>>because
>>files for X are not be installed. I am trying this on a Compaq 1610 
>>(P1MMX,
>>1.5G HD, 80M RAM). I known its an old system but I want to get it up as a
>>web browser/wordprocessor. Any idea why this is not working would be 
>>helpful.
>
>When you post to the freebsd-questions list, include not only
>the information you have above, but also things like:
>
>1.  What procedure are you following to install FreeBSD,
>and at what point does your procedure fail?  Are there
>any error messages?
>
>2.  What steps are you taking to install KDE or Gnome?
>How do you know that "files for X are not be(ing?) installed?
>Error messages?  Messages in logs, or to console?
>
>The general procedure for installation is to get FreeBSD
>installed first, and then add 3rd party programs like X
>and GNOME or KDE (probably not both on a box like that;
>AAMOF, something lighterweight like blackbox/fluxbox
>or fvwm, or maybe even XFCE would probably run better
>on a Pentium 1)....
>
>HTH,
>
>Kevin Kinsey
>DaleCo, S.P.
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