From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 8 21:26:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02473 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:26:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02372 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:26:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA19283; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:55:58 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id PAA00474; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:55:57 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980309155557.04194@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 15:55:57 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Bill Bixby , Tim Moony Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How come startx won't install References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Bill Bixby on Sun, Mar 08, 1998 at 09:15:18PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 8 March 1998 at 21:15:18 -0800, Bill Bixby wrote: > > > On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Tim Moony wrote: >> On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Bill Bixby wrote: >> >>> I tried installing Xwindows via your install program, trying a >>> number of different tricks during a number of install attempts. >>> Let's see, I install User, X-User and X-Developer, and all >>> three at once. Nothing worked. How come xwindows won't >>> install. I'm using version 2.2.5. Is there a bug? >> >> I've been using XF86Setup for prototyping X86. Go to /usr/X11/bin and run >> XF86Setup and go through the steps, it sure beats xf86config. >> >> Don't worry about the high resolution, start from a working screen and as >> you experiences grow you'll be able to manually modify the >> /etc/XF86Config file. >> >> Good luck. Eventually you probably want to try KDE interface. > > There is no /usr/X11/bin directory. The install program won't > install the binaries. :( OK, how about some more details. How are you trying to install? What happens? When do you decide that something is wrong? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message