From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 10:09:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA23674 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:09:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jbrann.dialup.access.net (jbrann.dialup.access.net [166.84.193.118]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA23662 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:09:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jbrann@localhost) by jbrann.dialup.access.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA07130; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:49:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199607151649.MAA07130@jbrann.dialup.access.net> Subject: Re: bsd,xwindows To: 101650.1651@CompuServe.COM (dfdfdd) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:49:54 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org (freeq) In-Reply-To: <960714184153_101650.1651_IHN129-1@CompuServe.COM> from dfdfdd at "Jul 14, 96 02:41:53 pm" From: John Brann Reply-To: John Brann Organisation: Not while I'm at home X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk dfdfdd wrote... > Hello John, > > trying to install x-windosws under freeBsd is not so easy. While starting with > startx the output is always" X Init no such file : no server "X" in path". > But in the /X11R6/bin directory is the X- and the X86_SVGA file. What can i do ? > > Regards, > Andreas > > Make sure that the directory '/usr/X11R6/bin' is in your PATH. You can check this with 'echo $PATH'. In order to make sure it is set, add an appropriate line to your '.profile' (sh, bash, etc.) or '.cshrc' (csh) so that it's set on login. I have added it to '/etc/profile' so that all users (no-one on my system uses a C-shell) get it added by default. John -- Beavis and Butt-Head; Vladimir and Estragon for the '90s. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key