From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 24 18:10:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA07647 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 18:10:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mutsgo.kf7nn.com (mutsgo.kf7nn.com [204.251.27.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA07594 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 18:10:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vagner@vagner.com) Received: from vagner.com (ginger.kf7nn.com [192.168.0.4]) by mutsgo.kf7nn.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA08799; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 20:08:54 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from vagner@vagner.com) Message-ID: <35E20EA0.69EC797C@vagner.com> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 20:08:48 -0500 From: George Vagner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Madhu_Pinnu.SVERDRUP_TECHNOLOGY@wct.com CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unable to start X-Windows References: <8525666A.004D87D9.00@dakota.wct.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i think you need to create a link to your xserver in the /usr/X11R6/bin directory. something like cd /usr/X11R6/bin ln -fs XF86_SVGA X Madhu_Pinnu.SVERDRUP_TECHNOLOGY@wct.com wrote: > > Hi, > Recently I have loaded FreeBSD 2.2.1 on IBM Aptiva E26 pc. > I am getting login prompt and able to issue all the commands. But I am > unable to start X-Windows. > If I try "startx" command it is giving Error No.2 on Init with a message " > "X" Not found in PATH" and some more description. > I looked at PATH it has got /usr/X11R6/bin in its path. > My monitor type is Sony ES100. > Another problem is it is not recognizing CDROM Drive ( I have got Mitsumi > 24X CDROM Drive. So I assume FreeBSD doesn't have proper Device Driver > software.) > Could someone help me in this regard > > Thank you very much in advance, > > Regards, > Madhu Pinnu > pinnu@megsinet.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message