From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 3 20:58:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA18143 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 20:58:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlantis.nconnect.net (root@atlantis.nconnect.net [206.54.227.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA18138 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 20:58:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from arabian.astrolab.org (dial22.nconnect.net [206.54.227.22]) by atlantis.nconnect.net (8.8.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA01949; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 22:51:01 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <32F6C17F.446B9B3D@nconnect.net> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 22:56:31 -0600 From: Randy DuCharme Organization: Computer Specialists X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-SMP i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Charlie ROOT CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Charlie ROOT wrote: > > Hello, > Has anyone out there had unbelievable problems installing > xemacs (version 19.14) into FreeBSD 2.1.6? I get all kinds of > problems with trying to install the package->I get strange errors > about files that dont seem to exist. When I try to install the > tar.gz file, I get stuck in configure. It claims that it can't find > my X11 libraries. > I try to specify /usr/X11R6/lib to no avail. Does anyone have any > suggestions, I am so tired of using vi for development. > Thanks, > Scott Greetings, Yes, I've had tons of problems too. The port is the only way I've been able to get it installed. I can't run it though. I get blank buttons, core dumps, and insufficient memory errors when I try to create or open files. Emacs-19.34b works well for me tho', as does xcoral and asedit for basic editing functions. -- Randall D. DuCharme email: randyd@nconnect.net Systems Engineer Free your Machine Computer Specialists **** FreeBSD **** 414-259-9998 414-253-9919 (fax) Turning PCs into Workstations