From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 11 13:28:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-12.mail.demon.net (finch-post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B4E152B9 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:28:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by finch-post-12.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10LCzd-000JMs-0C; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:27:49 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id VAA04004; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:27:21 GMT Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA00333; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:24:41 GMT (envelope-from marko) Message-ID: <19990311212441.E231@localhost> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:24:41 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: neill rr , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: executable files/commands References: <19990311192724.28430.rocketmail@send101.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990311192724.28430.rocketmail@send101.yahoomail.com>; from neill rr on Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 11:27:24AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 11:27:24AM -0800, neill rr wrote: > Hello, > > I dont know exactly how to explain my problem. I finally got ppp > working and ftp'd to netscape and downloaded navigator 4.5, installed > the port, and everything went fine. However, now I cant execute any > commands such as reboot, shutdown, startx, xinit, etc. Everytime I > use a command this iw what I get: > > # startx > startx: not found > > even when I go to the directory (for commands such as reboot and > shutdown, in /sbin) the same error occurs. Im using 3.1-Release and > have bash as my shell (root). > Does it work from /sbin if you type ``./shutdown''?. If so it means your PATH is screwed. Type ``echo $PATH'' and see what's there. If key bin dirs are missing, check your (root's) ~/.bashrc (I _think_ that's the name, I use csh myself) > > Where might I look for a solution? Thanks for any help. > > Neill > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Way to go Eddie! Eddie Irvine, Winner, 1999 Australian GP FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message