Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 10:52:17 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: otter <otter@starnetinc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need help bad Message-ID: <333A2731.7126@barcode.co.il> References: <199703270358.DAA28510@email7.starnetinc.com>
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otter wrote: > > Hi, > OK, I'll admit it I'm just starting out in UNIX. My problem is this: I > have FreeBSD setup right and everything appears OK. I cannot start X > Windows. Yes I installed it using the setup when I put BSD on. I go into > the /usr/X11R6/bin directory and type in startx and basically all of the > other executables. Nothing happens except I get a file not found error. I > believe I am using the bash shell, and nothing seems to work. Even with > SuperUser power I can't reboot or shutdown with the /sbin/shutdown series > of commands. I am using a Matrox Millennium and have installed it to a JAZ > drive. I am using FreeBSD 2.1.7. Any help would be much appreciated. > > thanks in advance > Mike Edwards > otter@starnetinc.com Make sure you have /usr/X11R6/bin in your path. Changing into that directory doesn't help because (unlike MS-DOG) the current directory is, by default, not in the path (for many good reasons that tend to start religious wars, so I won't repeat them...). Just add it to your path and it should be working. Second, what do you mean by "can't reboot or shutdown with /sbin/shutdown". What does happen? Nadav
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