From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 18 05:48:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA04611 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 05:48:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell6.ba.best.com (root@shell6.ba.best.com [206.184.139.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA04561 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 05:47:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkb@best.com) Received: from localhost (jkb@localhost) by shell6.ba.best.com (8.8.8/8.8.BEST) with SMTP id UAA02587; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:35:44 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: shell6.ba.best.com: jkb owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:35:43 -0800 (PST) From: Jan Koum X-Sender: jkb@shell6.ba.best.com To: Frank Griffith cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Programs In-Reply-To: <01BD22B4.3BF34BE0@dal12-17.ppp.iadfw.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Frank Griffith wrote: >I have completed the FreeBSD 2.2.5 install from the FTP site >over the Internet. Lets just say that my current financial status >forces me to do this without the CD for now! Learn FreeBSD and it should help you get a good job. :) > >I selected the ports during installation and think I have what I >need to get some of the programs running. Anyway I have a >/usr/ports/ directory which is full of stuff. In particular I would >like to get the sunclock program running. Do I have to get >X-Windows running first. And If so, how do I do that. Run /stand/sysinstall and (c) Configure -> (D) Distributions -> (7) Custom -> pick XFree86 (and nothing else). It will take some time to D/L X Windows over the modem however. > >Please phrase your answer in the simplest terms as many >of the responses I have received to date assume I know >what to do in between the steps. I am a total greeny on >this, although I'm a CNE with Novell, UNIX is still very >new to me. > If you are totally greeny, you need to try and read documentation and man pages. See www.freebsd.org for more info. But to answer your question -- yes, you need X window to run sunclock: sunclock-1.3 Shows which portion of the Earth's surface is illuminated by the Sun. -- Yan