7.0-RC2 will not install

Hi, Trying FreeBsd 7.0-RC2. Disk 1 will not boot. I think it's my new SATA DVD drive causing the trouble. dmeg during boot: ... ... ... acd0:DVDR Mad Dog CDDVDW TS-H6538/MD00 at ata4-master SATA ISO GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0 is iso9660/FreeBSD_Installs amass0: CBI reset failed,

DVD set-up help

I'm trying to figure out DVD playback. I have 6.2 w/KDE-lite. I can play audio CD's on the DVD. I have installed and want to use VLC. I'm trying to figure out/distill exactly what the Handbook wants me to do in the first paragraph:

Re: DVD set-up help

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:35:31 -0500 (EST), Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Sun, 18 Nov 2007, leegold wrote: I'm trying to figure out DVD playback. I have 6.2 w/KDE-lite. I can play audio CD's on the DVD. I have installed and want to use VLC. [snip] Thanks, The end result I want

Audio CD help

Hi, This is probably going to basic stuff, sorry to bother. I can not get Audio Cds to play. I'm using KDE. During sysinstall FreeBSD accesses CDs OK. It's acd0 and is a DVD-RW. For now I just want to play Audio CDs. Is the problem it's not mounted? He's my info: $ mount /dev/ad2s1a on /

Re: Audio CD help

I can not get Audio Cds to play. I'm using KDE. Try with: $ cdcontrol play $ cdcontrol play cdcontrol: /dev/acd0: Permission denied $ su Password: Password: tulip# cdcontrol play -- it plays the CD OK as root tulip# ls -l /usr/sbin/cdcontrol -r-xr-xr-x 1 root

Re: X will not start as root - need help

Here's my config. files - appreciate the help: Refer to my previous posts for the error message. THANK YOU in advance. 1. $ grep mouse /etc/rc.cont moused_enable=YES 2. $ dmesg snip... fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0 atkbdc0: Keyboard controller (i8042) at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0

X will not start as root - need help

I tried to start X as root and got the output below. I used xf86config script durrung Fbsd 4.7 to create my XF86Config file. Can anyone help me wuth the fix? Thanks Output to screen when # startx: (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Tue Oct 22 20:18:58 2002 (==) Using config file:

Re: X will not start as root - need help

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 08:53:25 -0500, Bryan Cassidy [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 01:34:44 UT leegold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to start X as root and got the output below. I used xf86config script durrung Fbsd 4.7 to create my XF86Config file. Can anyone help me wuth

Re: X will not start as root - need help

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:28:20 -0500, Bryan Cassidy [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 02:03:23 UT leegold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So people will know that this is not an X-wrapper problem. Second Question: Why would you NEED to startx as root? I must be very new or something