Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 03:06:24 +0300 (EEST) From: Vladimir Kushnir <kushn@olinet.isf.kiev.ua> To: Jason Cromer <jacromer@vt.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing X 3.3.1 on FreeBSD 2.2.2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970815025516.1764A-100000@kushnir.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970814191431.007acd90@mail.vt.edu>
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On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Jason Cromer wrote: > Can someone tell me what's going on here? I'm a new (about a month) > FreeBSD user and I've been trying since then to install X. My machine is a > P-133, > 32mb ram, 1gb allocated for FreeBSD, and a 2mb SVGA card. I'm trying <snip> > # cd /usr Here's where your problem is: you should _first_ create /usr/X11R6 directory, then # cd /usr/X11R6 and then everything else: > #for i in /msdos/freebsd/xfree86/x*.tgz; do tar -x -z --unlink -f > $i; done > > <There was no /usr/X11R6 directory even created so I manually created it> See above: these files doesn't create /usr/X11R6 <snip> > # ldconfig /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/X11R6/lib > > <Error: /usr/local/lib and /usr/X11R6/lib do not exist at all. Small wonder: everything that should have gone to /usr/X11R6/lib went to /usr/lib instead. BTW, so far you don't really need /usr/local/lib; if you do later - you can create it when you need it (or it will be created when you install something else). > I really appreciate any advice or help with this in pointing me in > the right direction to get X up and running. Thank you :) You're welcome > Jason > Hope this helps, Vladimir
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