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Charles A. Landemaine | 2 Oct 2007 17:46

Computer restarts during bootup

A friend of mine is trying to use PC-BSD 1.4 on his computer. He was using
PCLinuxOS before. Installation of PC-BSD 1.4 went fine but when you boot
the computer using PC-BSD, you see the "Loading" screen for a second and
the computer restarts, then it boots and you see the "Loading" screen
again for a second and it restarts, etc...In a loop. He doesn't have time
to hit "Enter" to see the error messages. Here's the list of hardware:

 - LG CRT 561N monitor
 - PS/2 mouse and keyboard
 - PC-Chips M810 motherboard
 - AMD Duron 1300+ Socket 462 CPU
 - 20GB Seagate HDD
 - 512MB Dimm PC-133Mhz RAM
 - DVD-RW LG 54N drive

Any idea?
Thanks,

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Charles A. Landemaine | 2 Oct 2007 17:52

Re: Computer restarts during bootup


On Tue, October 2, 2007 12:49 pm, Kris Moore wrote:
> Does he get to the initial BSD loading screen? Maybe have him try "safe
> mode" to disable all kernel modules from loading. Also, that may disable
> the splash screen, so at least we can see whats failing :)

Thanks Kris, yes, I forgot to mention this. He tried the "safe mode"
option but it doesn't solves his problem. I'm afraid he doesn't know how
to disable the splash screen. I wish I could be in front of the computer
to try myself...

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Ashley Moran | 3 Oct 2007 22:01
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Bonjour printers

Hi

We've got two Macs at my house.  My mum's just bought a (WinXP)  
laptop which I reformatted for her with PCBSD 1.4.  No probs with  
internet etc, but I don't know how to print.  We have one printer (a  
Canon Pixma 4300) that is plugged into my stepdad's iMac downstairs,  
and shared with Bonjour.  I can print from my iMac upstairs as if it  
was a local printer.  I've been through all the printer types but  
can't find any reference to Bonjour/Zeroconf etc.  Is there any way  
to use this printer over the wireless link from the laptop?

Thanks for any help
Ashley
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Terry Poulin | 4 Oct 2007 01:22

Re: Computer restarts during bootup


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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:52:04 -0300 (BRT)
> From: "Charles A. Landemaine" <charles@...>
> Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Support] Computer restarts during bootup
> To: support@...
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> On Tue, October 2, 2007 12:49 pm, Kris Moore wrote:
>> Does he get to the initial BSD loading screen? Maybe have him try "safe
>> mode" to disable all kernel modules from loading. Also, that may disable
>> the splash screen, so at least we can see whats failing :)
>
> Thanks Kris, yes, I forgot to mention this. He tried the "safe mode"
> option but it doesn't solves his problem. I'm afraid he doesn't know how
> to disable the splash screen. I wish I could be in front of the computer
> to try myself...
>
> --
> Charles A. Landemaine
> http://www.pcbsd.org
>

I have never dealt with that issue on BSD systems but looking at this piece of
the PC-BSD code, I think all you have to do is turn splash_pcx_load off in
/boot/loader.conf -- A BSD live CD should do that fine.
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Florian Stinglmayr | 4 Oct 2007 11:36
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Re: Bonjour printers

Ashley Moran wrote:
> Hi
> 
> We've got two Macs at my house.  My mum's just bought a (WinXP)  
> laptop which I reformatted for her with PCBSD 1.4.  No probs with  
> internet etc, but I don't know how to print.  We have one printer (a  
> Canon Pixma 4300) that is plugged into my stepdad's iMac downstairs,  
> and shared with Bonjour.  I can print from my iMac upstairs as if it  
> was a local printer.  I've been through all the printer types but  
> can't find any reference to Bonjour/Zeroconf etc.  Is there any way  
> to use this printer over the wireless link from the laptop?
> 
> Thanks for any help
> Ashley
> 

Hello Ashely,

The CUPS (Common Unix Print Software) server should be able to use 
Bonjour printers since version 1.3. Try the normal KDE printer 
configuration to install this remote printer. If it does not work as 
expected you probably have to upgrade CUPS via the ports. But I am sorry 
to inform you that I haven't found any documentation about it yet.

Regards,
Florian
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Florian Stinglmayr | 4 Oct 2007 12:30
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Re: Bonjour printers

Ashley Moran wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks Florian, I will try that.  If I get stuck I will try the CUPS 
> list, someone there must know!
> 
> Ashley
> 

Yes, posting there is a good idea indeed. If you feel like contributing 
to the project you might even try to sum it up in a HOWTO or tutorial 
after you have succeeded? Since the lack of other documentation on this 
rather new feature, this would surely be a value asset for everyone 
trying to configure a Bonjour printer themselfs.

Florian
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Gerard van Essen | 4 Oct 2007 11:11
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Re: Bonjour printers

Hi,

I've added this entry to the FAQ database last week:

http://faqs.pcbsd.org/index.php?action=artikel&cat=5&id=384&artlang=en

Let me know if this works,

Cheers

Gerard
http://fbsd.wordpress.com

On 10/4/07, Florian Stinglmayr <fstinglmayr@...> wrote:
> Ashley Moran wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks Florian, I will try that.  If I get stuck I will try the CUPS
> > list, someone there must know!
> >
> > Ashley
> >
>
> Yes, posting there is a good idea indeed. If you feel like contributing
> to the project you might even try to sum it up in a HOWTO or tutorial
> after you have succeeded? Since the lack of other documentation on this
> rather new feature, this would surely be a value asset for everyone
> trying to configure a Bonjour printer themselfs.
>
> Florian
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Daniel Leal | 5 Oct 2007 19:50
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ural driver

Hi !

I just brought my new asus WL-167g wireless usb. It is listed in the 
ural suported hardware.
My dmesg says that there is a ugen0:

ugen0: Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2

but  there is no ural0 as it should...

I have everything in the GENERIC kernel as told in the ural man page
           device ehci
           device uhci
           device ohci
           device usb
           device ural
           device wlankldload:

And if I do: "kldload if_ural" the answer is:

can't load if_ural: File exists

And then dmesg shows:

module_register: module uhub/ural already exists!
Module uhub/ural failed to register: 17

ifconfig do not show any ural0...

What can I do?
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peter | 8 Oct 2007 15:53
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ThinkPad X31 don't work without docstation.

Hello all!
 
I"ve installed PCBSD 1.4 on my X31 from CD drive of docing station. Computer works correct till i remove docstation. After that PCBSD can't load. Laptop freeze after beginning sshd load . Help me please!
 
Regards
Peter.
P.S. I left in a new kernel  In "ATA and ATAPI devices " section      - ata and atadisk only.
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Anri Amaldi Ridwan | 25 Oct 2007 16:06
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PC-BSD 1.4 installer failed to detect hard drive

I tried to install PC-BSD 1.4 this morning but to no avail. Apparently the installer failed to detect my hard drive. Any idea on how to solve this problem? Thank you very much.

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