From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 25 15:15:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (oe15.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.16.119]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 463DB37B404 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:15:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:15:31 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [24.71.22.183] From: "Victor Wang" To: Subject: Problems installing XFree86 Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:11:20 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.00.0021.1900 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0000_01C21C5A.8FC85360" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Jun 2002 22:15:31.0173 (UTC) FILETIME=[D1956950:01C21C95] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C21C5A.8FC85360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="big5" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When I try to install XFree86 with sysinstall, using DOS, it can find the= INDEX and everything, but it can't find freetype2-2.0.9 and thus can't l= oad XFree86-libraries-4.2.0_1 and XFree86-FontServer-4.2.0 either. I chec= ked, and freetype2-2.0.9 wasn't even on the FreeBSD ftp site, so I went e= lsewhere and found it and copied it into the x11-servers, x11, and x11-fo= nts folders just to make sure. Still, sysinstall couldn't find it. Coul= d somebody please tell me how to get X installed?! I am installing everything on my laptop by downloading the required files= to the DOS partition under C:/FreeBSD/.../... and then booting up FreeBS= D on teh second partition and running sysinstall. What files do you actu= ally need to run XFree86? I just downloaded everything in the x11 directo= ry and everything starting with "XFree86" in x11-servers and x11-fonts. Also, why do people always put a number in brackets after every command? = For example, ls(1). BTW, yes, I am a newbie. Thanks in advance. :)Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download := http://explorer.msn.com ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C21C5A.8FC85360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="big5" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

When I try to = install XFree86 with sysinstall, using DOS, it can find the INDEX and eve= rything, but it can't find freetype2-2.0.9 and thus can't load XFree86-li= braries-4.2.0_1 and XFree86-FontServer-4.2.0 either. I checked, and freet= ype2-2.0.9 wasn't even on the FreeBSD ftp site, so I went elsewhere and f= ound it and copied it into the x11-servers, x11, and x11-fonts folders ju= st to make sure. Still, sysinstall couldn't find it. Could so= mebody please tell me how to get X installed?!

I am installing= everything on my laptop by downloading the required files to the DOS par= tition under C:/FreeBSD/.../... and then booting up FreeBSD on teh second= partition and running sysinstall. What files do you actually = need to run XFree86? I just downloaded everything in the x11 directory&nb= sp;and everything starting with "XFree86" in x11-servers and x11-fon= ts.

Also, why do people always put a number in brackets after = every command? For example, ls(1). BTW, yes, I am a newbie.

Thanks in advance. :)

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