From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 12 17:50:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 215201065679 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:50:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A4D8FC19 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:50:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so1292574bwz.3 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:50:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=s78sI+Zk0uBMQktf+YOaKSGk6HdxTEynr+8nBM/XfKw=; b=bjaSbX4c8f4y8SzPbJwce1iRW0liTJC+6C4o4W+Tr95cmE++cbrdUWGZZVrKPfZSTJ pItPWJV/jlfxHHoIrPmn9lwrJjmxlt0Fzv1DJAYNiE5eNoycTL3ExN73/sZg+ZrMwuaE czbalYar0Ufv7GQlbi5ebWCqORrBjcVqmkP2c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DNAPMPxHbX3BFJ0W6ByctrkBM0lWZ47v6x+8ccNTq7Zligtr6Mxgzrtv0FtIGZN4h3 aU8bdhxdSX1sn4+1IOH1M8pQhPOcf0dufp017tqmlUKenoDq2m7TO004dmsD4cmjNaqK 9i9kyh2KlRhiIoBU8ysJTVO3h7Pux7eul5TFY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.49.79 with SMTP id u15mr122282bkf.117.1260640212236; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:50:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091212174650.GA3084@ozzmosis.com> References: <200912111657.06299.freebsd@insightbb.com> <20091212174650.GA3084@ozzmosis.com> From: Chris Rees Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:49:52 +0000 Message-ID: To: andrew clarke Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Steven Friedrich Subject: Re: startx and xinit under FreeBSD8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:50:14 -0000 2009/12/12 andrew clarke : > On Fri 2009-12-11 16:57:06 UTC-0500, Steven Friedrich (freebsd@insightbb.= com) wrote: > >> I installed FreeBSD to another partition, so I could check it out. >> I selected All sources and binaries and KDE4. >> >> When I tried startx, it complained that it didn't exist. >> It's just a script, so I copied it over from my 7.2p5 partition. >> Now it complains that xinit doesn't exist. >> >> Why didn't these two get laid-down by the install?? > > The dependencies for KDE4 probably don't go as far as requiring an X > server. =A0Some machines run headless and so don't require an X server > (what startx runs) to be installed to run X apps. Yeah, it'd be a _royal_ pain if KDE and GNOME depended on an X server. It'd defeat the whole client-server relationship! Sorry it's confusing for people who wouldn't use it like that.... Also, please don't use XFree86! It's defunct, and has an obnoxious licence. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?