hello,
I will be as brief as i can on explaining my problem:
1.) here is my architecture:
i.)AMD64 - processor
ii.)ASUS K8V-MX - motherboard
iii.)LG 17'' Studioworks 775N - monitor
HorizSyns = 30-70 kHz
Vertsync = 50-160 Hz
Resolution Max. = 1280x1024 @ 60 Hz
IV.) i do not know about video-card but when FC-4 istallation uses
anaconda to
probe the video-card of my system, it shows: vesa driver
(generic)
2.) I have FreeBSD-5.4 CDs for x86 architecture. regarding this i posted
the question on FreeBSD mailing-list many
people told me that these same CDs will work on AMD64 because AMD64 is
backward compatible with 32 bit
computing.
3.) PROBLEM:
I tried to install it on my system and got the following results:
i.)FreeBSD is installed (i did all ports/packages installation)
but some packages (total 6) could not be installed,it says installation
failed, they are:
a.) php
b.) apache
c.) 1 more package related to apache
c.) apache-mod+perl
d.) bash
e.) 1 dependency of bash
all of these raise error-code 1. except these 6 everything else
like GNOME, KDE, emacs, xpdf, gv is installed without any problem
ii.)FreeBSD boots with login prompt: only in shell mode,no GUI at
all. ( in freeBSd handbook section 2.9.12 i came to
know that X server configuration fascility has been removed
since 5.3 release, so i go to chapter 5 to configure X
myself)
iii.)I configure GUI by using: Xorg -configure. It creates a file
named xorg.conf.new in my current directory which is
root's home directory. Next if i try to: Xorg -config
xorg.conf.new, my screen goes blank with the message OUT OF
FREQUENCY with message something like:
Frequency:
HF 75 Hz ( i do know whether it is Hz, KHz or GHz)
VF 60 Hz
operating frequency:
HF 30-70 Hz (again i do not know)
VF 50-160 Hz
iv.)What i do is 1st add the lines HorizSyns 30-70, VertRefresh
50-160 (fom monitor-manual) into monitor section
Modes 1024x768 into display section of xorg.conf.new
then use the same command to configure it. it works
and shows a yellowish desktop with 1an X and X moves as i move
my cursor.
v.) Then i use xdm command to enter into GUI, of course it enters into
GUI with prompt
box names Welcome to 1 with login name password , i enter both
of then then i press enter. screen goes off
for a second and reappears with same Welcome 1 box. I enter login
name and password again and same thing
happens. i press ctrl+Alt+backspace 2 times and go back to shell
mode.
vi.) i came to know in section 5.7 that GNOME is disabled by
default,so i enable it by adding gdm_enable=YES
into /etc/rc.conf and then reboot my machine, after that i
again use xdm and same thing i explained in
previous step, happens. (but FreeBSD Handbook says no further
configuration is required, after enabling GNOME,
it will work without any problem BUT i do have a problem)
vii.) I tried another thing ( to use GNOME directly)as explained in
'chapter 5 of FreeBSD handbook. i create .xsession
file rather than .xinitc (as freeBSD uses xdm). I put a line
/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session into it.
then i enter into shell the following command
# % echo #!/bin/sh ~/.xsession
after pressing enter it says /bin/sh: event not found. ( i made a check
into /bin directory, sh file is present there). anyway i use startx and
it takes me to a yellowish desktop with one login shell and 2 xterm shells
(all are like bash shell). but no menu, no icons, no GNOME or real desktop
thing. i enter commands emacs, ggv, gv etc.) and all of these application
open in GUI mode but it is disgusting. also icons of this desktop are too
small to be seen.
i reboot and the try xdm and same thing Welcome to 1 as in step v
happens but no GNOME. May you please help on this? Please tell me whether
this is a hardware issue or do i need to do some configuration.
thanks in advance.
arnuld
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