[PC-BSD Support] Query about installing PC-BSD 9 on laptop

[Michael D. Norwick]

On 03/24/2012 11:39 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 24/03/2012, Michael D. Norwick<mnorwick at centurytel.net>  wrote:
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>> On 03/23/2012 01:57 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
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>>> On 24/03/2012, Bret Busby<bret.busby at gmail.com>   wrote:
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>>>>> Hello.
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>> The issues you are experiencing have been common in my Linux and FreeBSD
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> I believe that the problems are different.
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You mentioned that you didn't care about wireless on this device.  Are 
you set on trying to get PCBSD running on it?  Maybe this is just a 
learning exercise?

http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility

which mentions; 'if you wish to check your hardware before installing 
PC-BSD, a good place to start is the FreeBSD 9.0 Hardware Notes 
<http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/index.html>. Another 
good resource is to run PC-BSD in Live Mode 
<http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/PC-BSD_Live_Mode>; that way you can 
test your various devices before committing to an install.'

If this machine refuses to give you an X Windows session, been there 
done that countless times.  If the PCBSD live dvd gives you an initial 
install/run screen with all the graphics and eye-candy, it has found the 
proper graphics hardware.  Something gets horked up during the install 
and configuration.

Have you been able to abort X and return to a C.L.I. when the system is 
at the 'flashing cursor' screen?

Michael

PS  my Dell has a similar Intel graphics subsystem and started PCBSD 
isotope fine.  I had problems with the audio.  That is why it didn't stay.
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