Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 00:12:17 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkg_add -r XFree86-4 fails - How do I tell pkg_add to look somewhere else for target? Message-ID: <20020725001217.B84349@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <1027547433.3d3f21293ff1f@netmail.pipex.net>; from sroberts@dsl.pipex.com on Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 10:50:33PM %2B0100 References: <1027534025.3d3eecc9e656e@netmail.pipex.net> <5iQKrFB97uP9EwxH@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <1027536277.3d3ef59533fb0@netmail.pipex.net> <kTAdnRB%2BjvP9EwhI@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <1027537417.3d3efa09e9316@netmail.pipex.net> <20020724212218.B83166@abigail.blackend.org> <1027539205.3d3f0105e49e5@netmail.pipex.net> <20020724222449.A84349@abigail.blackend.org> <1027547433.3d3f21293ff1f@netmail.pipex.net>
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 10:50:33PM +0100, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote: > > Hi Marc, > That did the trick for me, marc. Thanks very much for your time, as well as > the information. I should think that your suggestion of updating the Handbook > is an excellant idea! Great! I will update the Handbook soon. > > For a lot of us, this proves to be the first port of call for information and > help, and from my own experience, its at times disheartening to come across > procedures in there that turn out to be either out of date, or ambiguous in its > reading. > > I'm off installing gnome at the moment. I'm sure to come back to the list > seeking confirmation of the procedure for setting gnome as the default desktop > to load when entering "startx". For GNOME http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html will be your friend, and also http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/ If you find something wrong or not clear, feel free to contact doc people on freebsd-doc mailing list :) Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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