Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:27:53 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Torri Mahncke <torri.mahncke@hamburg.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Problem with 4.3 Message-ID: <20010820152753.L313@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <3B81882B.F9610596@hamburg.de>; from torri.mahncke@hamburg.de on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 11:59:07PM %2B0200 References: <3B81882B.F9610596@hamburg.de>
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On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 11:59:07PM +0200, Torri Mahncke wrote: > Since I upgraded my box from 4.0 to 4.3 I'm > experiencing some effects which I can't understand: > > 1. It doesn't seem to matter what login shell I put > into /etc/passwd - when I log in I'm always using > the csh! You're not editing /etc/passwd directly, are you? Don't do that, it won't work. Use vipw(8). > 2. When I log in the shell doesn't seem to recognize > my $path nor $PATH environmen variables: even though > both environment variables contain an entry > ~/bin > (and they even show it by means of 'echo $path'), > the shell doesn't seem to find the executables in > in ~/bin. > If, although, I call a shell (doesn't matter which > one) from my login shell, the new shell does see > the whole $PATH/$path !? Are we talking about csh? The '~' should get expanded to the real home directory path. Not sure what is going on here. > 3. Technically my X11 installation works (that is, the > hardware and resolution stuff and so on is ok, since > the server /usr/X11R6/bin/X server starts up just > fine). > If, although, I'll try to invoke xinit I get: > Authentication failed - cannot start X server. > Perhaps you do not have console ownership? Use startx(1). -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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