From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 24 06:32:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA09353 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 06:32:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA09348 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 06:32:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #1) id 104Qah-0000Yq-00; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:32:44 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id OAA01237; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:32:06 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA28219; Sun, 24 Jan 99 14:32:03 GMT Message-Id: <36AB2EB5.365C6352@uk.radan.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:31:17 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Mock Cc: Kevin Weiss , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: oops...forgot about apps References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim Mock wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Kevin Weiss wrote: > > > ok...when I installed FreeBSD...I also installed the following: > > > > 1) acroread - can't get it to run > > This needs the linux emulation. Be sure you have it installed and > running. > An extra point on this. If you try to run the acroread binary (/usr/local/Acrobat3/bin/acroread) you get the following, even with Linux emulation: The OS named FreeBSD version 2.2.8-RELEASE is currently not installed. Try running on a installed platform and connecting to your display. Installed platform(s) include the following: Intel/Linux You must start it from the shell script /usr/local/bin/acroread [snip] > > 6) swisswatch - How do I make this my default clock > > Eh? If it's an app, then add it to ~/.xinitrc > > Hope this helps, > > -- > : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : > : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : > : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : > : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD' zine : > : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : > : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message