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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA423 ; Sun, 31 Jan 93 14:07:29 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu!sanctuary.pc.cc.cmu.edu!tom Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: [386BSD] Problem: X reboots machine Message-ID: <1993Feb1.100110.3041@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> From: tom@sanctuary.pc.cc.cmu.edu (tom) Date: 1 Feb 93 10:01:08 -0500 Distribution: world Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Nntp-Posting-Host: sanctuary.pc.cc.cmu.edu Lines: 13 I installed the 386BSD binaries along with XFree86 1.1 on my machine a few days ago but I haven't been able to get the X server to work properly. The machine is a 486SX-25 w/8MB, 170MB IDE drive, and ET4000 video. I'm pretty sure the Xconfig file is correct and the server recognizes the video card. When I start X, it displays all the correct information up to the part about SpeedUp being enabled, and then it tries to go into graphics mode for about a second after which it goes back to text. I don't get a shell prompt, the drive activity light stays on and the only thing I can do is press a key which causes the machine to reboot. I've tried about five different kernels including the one I found in the XFree directory. Any ideas?