Re: booting problems
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:46:24 -, boy red [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have so far installed freeBSD OS and set up the accounts but im having some problems. it just takes me 2 a black DOS type screen and i dont know how 2 get in. by getting in i mean that it doesnt take me to the place where i actually start using the computer. please help. If your looking for a quick gui setup, try this: first go to root, do this by typing: su enter your root password. then type: pkg_add -r gnome2 exec csh gdm This will install ad start the gnome graphical user interface, to automaticly start it when FreeBSD starts, type(as root) ee /etc/ttys Scroll down a few lines and you'll see this line: ttyv9 /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secur replace xdm with gdm and replace off with on. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: booting problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 boy red wrote: i have so far installed freeBSD OS and set up the accounts but im having some problems. it just takes me 2 a black DOS type screen and i dont know how 2 get in. by getting in i mean that it doesnt take me to the place where i actually start using the computer. please help. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] How far do you get? Can you login? Do you get a prompt? Are you just missing a GUI? Dose it hang i the booting process? Write as verbose as you can 'cause I'm not getting how far you get, and then i can't help you. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFERrd5st+Hv5XgQPwRAiTOAJsGvUEeeoESeKep5fwnFitX5OgJvgCdGYh4 ztFvbfoGNcgt63s8J4cIORM= =wYJd -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: booting problems
On Wednesday 19 April 2006 16:46, boy red wrote: i have so far installed freeBSD OS and set up the accounts but im having some problems. it just takes me 2 a black DOS type screen and i dont know how 2 get in. by getting in i mean that it doesnt take me to the place where i actually start using the computer. please help. It sounds like everything has gone well so far, and that you are booting into a shell (command line interface). You ARE 'in' at this point. Where you go from there depends on how you intend to use the computer. You'll probably want to read the Handbook for further information. Here are a few chapters that will likely be helpful for you starting out: UNIX Basics: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics.html Installing Applications: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html Setting up a graphical user interface: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html FreeBSD is going to give you a lot of choices in how you do things from this point on. (And honestly, up to this point as well ;) Which choices you make will depend on your personal preferences, what you want the machine to do for you, and how you want it do do those things. For all of these, the Handbook is your first and best resource.If you get lost along the way, this list isn't a bad place to ask for clarification. David -- Sure God created the world in only six days, but He didn't have an established user-base. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: booting problems
On 4/19/06, boy red [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have so far installed freeBSD OS and set up the accounts but im having some problems. it just takes me 2 a black DOS type screen and i dont know how 2 get in. by getting in i mean that it doesnt take me to the place where i actually start using the computer. please help. Welcome to the wonderful world of FreeBSD and Unix! This is the best place to start learning about your newly installed OS: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting problems
Teilhard Knight wrote: I am not an expert on FreeBSD and I am not an expert on hardware. Neither am I, but... The error I get is: panic no BSP found. Anyone has an idea of what that means? I'll give you my configuration file just in case someone takes the trouble to have a look at it. My machine is the HP t730m, 3GHz HT, 512 Meg of RAM. (sznipp) # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O BSP sounds suspiciously like something that has something to do with SMP (we're getting really technical here, eh?). I would try removing those two options from your kernel config and/or disabling Hyperthreading in BIOS, if that's an option. -- Toomas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting problems
- Original Message - From: Toomas Aas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Teilhard Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:51 PM Subject: Re: Booting problems Teilhard Knight wrote: I am not an expert on FreeBSD and I am not an expert on hardware. Neither am I, but... The error I get is: panic no BSP found. Anyone has an idea of what that means? I'll give you my configuration file just in case someone takes the trouble to have a look at it. My machine is the HP t730m, 3GHz HT, 512 Meg of RAM. (sznipp) # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O BSP sounds suspiciously like something that has something to do with SMP (we're getting really technical here, eh?). I would try removing those two options from your kernel config and/or disabling Hyperthreading in BIOS, if that's an option. Thank you Toomas for taking the time. I commented out the two lines you suggested and unfortunately not even in that way I have a working kernel. When the system tries to boot it just shows the lame symbol | and then after a few seconds it reboots. I'll go through the configuration file again and try to see if something was related to a symmetric multiprocessor. I wouldn't like to disable hyperthreading in the bIOS because what would be the point of having an HT processor? Any more ideas from your part would be highly welcome. Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
