Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:32:50 +0100 From: Pieter Baele <pieter.baele@telenet.be> To: Jerry Breazeale <breazeal@hemc.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Xorg config Message-ID: <A8F55799-599C-4916-B6C6-285F69A2D736@telenet.be> In-Reply-To: <47965504.2080208@hemc.net> References: <47965504.2080208@hemc.net>
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On 22 Jan 2008, at 21:41, Jerry Breazeale wrote: > Newbie question here. > I've followed the installation instructions in the book FreeBSD 6 > Unleashed and (finally) gotten it installed. Now I proceed to the > setting up of X, where the book says to log in as root, and type > Xorg -configure . I do that and get a response something like Xorg > command not known. During the installation, I selected Install it > all including X. This is version 6.3 by the way. And this is about > the 3rd or 4th attempt at installation on this HDD. Some help would > be appreciated. Just follow the steps in the online freebsd handbook. First try startx, if that doesn't work, X is really not installed. > > By the way, after each of the first couple attempts at > installation,during which I'd set up a separate /boot partition, I > couldn't get FreeBSD to boot from the HDD. The book had no caution > about not using a separate /boot partition, but that's what I found > to be causing the problem. I installed again but without a > separate /boot partition, and can now boot from the HDD. > > Jerry You decide which partition scheme to use. /boot is used on Linux. The default layout the freebsd installer proposes (A auto) is a very good one, especially when new to FBSD. Pieter Baele pieter.baele@telenet.be VIM has two modes. The one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesn't.
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