Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:01:02 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Rob Dormer <rdormer@apollo.dynanet.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980323000030.12642j-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3515B2D8.4263EE84@mail.dynanet.com>
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On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Rob Dormer wrote: > I've downloaded release 2.2.5, and I've tried several times now to > install the "x-developer" package from a DOS partition. I have all of > the necessary directories in the "freebsd" directory on the dos > partition - XF86331, compat21, etcetra, but when I use the > sys/standinstall utility under unix to configure X, it tells me that X > is not installed. Why is this? what do I need to do to install X from > the dos partition? Any help would be sincerely appreciated. Did you hit `commit' to install it first? You might wait until you get the system up and running to configure X -- then just run `xf86config' from the command line. It'll walk you through it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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