From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 15 21:38:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from srcso.globis.ru (globis.ru [212.248.80.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC3FC37B4CF for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 21:38:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from raduga.dyndns.org (raduga.sochi.net [212.248.82.76]) by srcso.globis.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA40745 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:02:15 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from igor@raduga.dyndns.org) Received: (from igor@localhost) by raduga.dyndns.org (8.10.1/8.10.0) id eAG5avM20496 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:36:57 +0300 Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:36:57 +0300 From: Igor Robul To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I get an error message when trying to start X-windows Message-ID: <20001116083657.C20201@linux.rainbow> Reply-To: igorr@crosswinds.net Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <380549725.974348773298.JavaMail.root@web489-mc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <380549725.974348773298.JavaMail.root@web489-mc>; from myke@programmer.net on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:26:13PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:26:13PM -0500, myke myke wrote: > I recently purchased a copy of FreeBSD and installed it. I not sure if this > is the right place to send these kind of questions but I'll ask anyways. > When trying to start X-windows I type "startx" but all I get in return is a > huge error message that reads as follows: > > execve failed for /usr/X11R6/bin/X (errno 2) Make link from /usr/X11R6/bin/X to your xsserver binary. For example: # cd /usr/X11R6/bin # ln -s XF86_SVGA X -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message