Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 18:53:44 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jason@washington.edu> To: YU-TING WEI <ywei+@andrew.cmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A question about Xwindows Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809091851340.4131-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <SIMEON.9809081647.A@ywei.ce.cmu.edu>
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On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, YU-TING WEI wrote: >Dear sir, > >I am a beginner in FreeBSD. I tried to install this operating system on >my machine but I found out I can not open the Xwindows after finishing >installation. Whenever I enter the command startx or xinit, there is a >message "can't find startx(/xinit)" came out. The other functions work >properly. Could you help me solve this problem? Is there a directory named /usr/X11R6 on your computer? Does your path have the /usr/X11R6/bin directory? $ echo $PATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/home/jason/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin Make sure X is actually installed and that your path statement is correct. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ | 206-633-5994 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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