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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:36:57 +0300
From:      Igor Robul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I get an error message when trying to start X-windows
Message-ID:  <20001116083657.C20201@linux.rainbow>
In-Reply-To: <380549725.974348773298.JavaMail.root@web489-mc>; from myke@programmer.net on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:26:13PM -0500
References:  <380549725.974348773298.JavaMail.root@web489-mc>

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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
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