Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 18:50:40 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: beef@tht.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, support@cdrom.com Subject: Re: Xwindows won't run after complete re-install Message-ID: <19971007185040.58580@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <m0xIBHV-000jnKC@enterprise.tht.net>; from Lanny Baron on Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 02:05:22AM %2B0000 References: <m0xIBHV-000jnKC@enterprise.tht.net>
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On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 02:05:22AM +0000, Lanny Baron wrote: > Hi again, > > Unfortunately, it has been a month since i ordered FreeBSD 2.2.2 and > have always to reinstall over the net (4-6 hrs each time). This time, > after doing the Xwindows setup (graphically), if i type startx, I get > no command found. If I go into /usr/X11R6/bin and type X i get the > grey screen This is a sure indication that you don't have /usr/X11R6/bin in your PATH. > but no windows. None at all? > I copied xinitrc for .../xinit/xinitrc and copied to > /home/beef/.xinitrc and did chown to myself. But that did not help. I > am at a loss as what the problem is. I have an ATI mach 64 with 4 > megs ram and basically did same setup as before. I tried it as root > and myself. All fails and gives some type of message about SHVSYM or > something like that. Ah. Why don't you write down the message exactly? That will help us understand the problem. In this case, though, I'd guess that you've built a kernel without SYSVSHM. Add this line to your kernel config file and try again: options SYSVSHM # Include System V shared memory emulation Greg
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