My desktop is a P4C800 Asus mainboard with P4 3.2Ghz, and 3GB RAM.
I removed the ATI radeon HD3850 AGP (was too slow), and returned to Nvidia GeForce 7600GS AGP.
1) I reinstalled FreeBSD 8.1 release from DVD, only base system with nothing else.
I recompiled the Kernel for my CPU (i686), and added only VESA and SC_PIXEL_MODE options.
I then added linux compatibilty, sudo, and installed some console applications, all from packages, from a local disk.
I changed only some small things in configuration files regarding console colors and resolution, custom prompts, and some alias.
After I installed Xorg (pkg_add xorg-7.5.tbz) I enabled hald and dbus in /etc/rc.conf, then reboot the machine.
Now to configure it:
at this point the screen blanks, the system start to beep continuosly, and after 2/3 sec reboots!
2) So I reinstalled a new system as at point 1), except for Xorg that I installed from source, and had the same problem again.
Anyway installing xorg via sysinstall during new system installation from DVD works (but with GENERIC kernel).
Later I'll try with GENERIC kernel, even if....
Where is my mistake? Any idea? Thanks for your time.
I removed the ATI radeon HD3850 AGP (was too slow), and returned to Nvidia GeForce 7600GS AGP.
1) I reinstalled FreeBSD 8.1 release from DVD, only base system with nothing else.
I recompiled the Kernel for my CPU (i686), and added only VESA and SC_PIXEL_MODE options.
I then added linux compatibilty, sudo, and installed some console applications, all from packages, from a local disk.
I changed only some small things in configuration files regarding console colors and resolution, custom prompts, and some alias.
After I installed Xorg (pkg_add xorg-7.5.tbz) I enabled hald and dbus in /etc/rc.conf, then reboot the machine.
Now to configure it:
# Xorg -configure
at this point the screen blanks, the system start to beep continuosly, and after 2/3 sec reboots!
2) So I reinstalled a new system as at point 1), except for Xorg that I installed from source, and had the same problem again.
Anyway installing xorg via sysinstall during new system installation from DVD works (but with GENERIC kernel).
Later I'll try with GENERIC kernel, even if....
Where is my mistake? Any idea? Thanks for your time.