Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 04:05:11 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Problems installing Xaw3d? Message-ID: <20051101090511.GB89188@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20051101085231.GG18710@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20051101073027.GD18710@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20051101082610.GA80303@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051101084439.GF18710@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20051101085231.GG18710@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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--eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 07:22:31PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 19:14:39 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 3:26:11 -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 06:00:27PM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >>> I've just tried several times to install emacs on a freshly installed > >>> 7.0 box (Dell Inspiron 6000 FWIW). The Emacs installation fails > >>> consistently with the following messages: > >>> > >>> ... > >> > >> Looks like you're using XFree86 (not the default), but don't have > >> X_WINDOW_SYSTEM set appropriately (see /usr/ports/UPDATING). > > > > No. Everything's the default. >=20 > To clarify: this is a fresh install. >=20 > Of course, I missed the obvious question: why should this make any > difference? I glanced through /usr/ports/UPDATING, but nothing > reached out and grabbed me. I don't suppose you really expect > everybody to read an entire 45+ pages of docco to understand why their > view of the world varies from that of the ports collection. >=20 > Linux distributions install all this stuff by default. If we don't, > why should we expect anybody to care about trying? Greg, It works by default. Something is wrong on your system and your system alone. Kris --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDZy/HWry0BWjoQKURAvsHAJ9Jw1VsUXINotWbowwcRIXGLfTEQQCePAS5 8ayjQuQ35Yf77ZPcL0+hdcc= =+eB1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF--
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