From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 1 09:05:17 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6D3616A420; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:05:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2FC843D5A; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:05:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8F131A3C25; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 01:05:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E6C9B51370; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 04:05:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 04:05:11 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey Message-ID: <20051101090511.GB89188@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20051101073027.GD18710@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20051101082610.GA80303@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051101084439.GF18710@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20051101085231.GG18710@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051101085231.GG18710@wantadilla.lemis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Problems installing Xaw3d? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:05:18 -0000 --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--