From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 20:17:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8E9016A417 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:17:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from siraj.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 594E113C448 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:17:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from siraj.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so2114404rvb.43 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:17:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Lni5QnKVLCDSfmZ4qx8tN3vNw7M5qArbctQQId5m8ww=; b=c5PkROF3B5Xt1qxdfv223TICZZxXzwpVKJLfTLfylU9Eqw5FhdAdAPx26QseRSAyxRw5wPwYemxUXcVozN1MUc0Sz1PZEV7oDSfaJPvTibOWwvS59+i5dFNYHV8TVhoXrjo9enCqaVvT6HZNWnOTLB7hyt1TGEHuINggTUFAaHg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=WlZR3qoChACMADe4yp941QNV1kW9l+cWfDvLkA8Bdxk/9z/bGex3U3Z/UIW1xgkYYh/tEh05r+n5zIKE90GkMDF8+zHmEbgq79HF+kWx4NuGchBUXuO5PbLqhJDwLQPN0vEpzPrTuUmAeMbGalc2jRWElqyXedtvcCfWF5YbxWU= Received: by 10.140.172.19 with SMTP id u19mr2793579rve.21.1201637839747; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:17:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.126.13 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:17:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3b2ddd940801291217j668bccfbsde8c3259c79cd06b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:17:19 +0000 From: "Siraj Shaikh" To: doug@safeport.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080129150419.I92107@fledge.watson.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3b2ddd940801281410o77b87c2ajbfbee2f5f276b934@mail.gmail.com> <479E5903.100@student.utwente.nl> <6e9d2bb40801281539l2e983011pff27c17073e6a8e5@mail.gmail.com> <479F1BBB.2020008@student.utwente.nl> <479F1C56.8010401@gmail.com> <479F34F8.2070501@student.utwente.nl> <20080129152311.T2946@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <479F3A8E.9000901@student.utwente.nl> <3b2ddd940801290856r5be3825bq36132618ceb82921@mail.gmail.com> <20080129150419.I92107@fledge.watson.org> Cc: Subject: Re: Starting X - was Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:17:20 -0000 On 29/01/2008, doug wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Siraj Shaikh wrote: > > > One question: I have just installed FreeBSD 6.3, and tried "startx" > > but it isnt coming up, giving some sort of error. Am I missing > > something here? I did choose for "Windows X" during the FreeBSD setup > > - shall I do a port upgrade? > > > > Thanks > > This is really a new thread. The handbook Chapter 5, The X Window System has the > steps to follow. If your video card is support, it will just work. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html > > I installed FreeBSD 6.3 and asked for X during the step. The link only shows me how to add the X package. Shall I add the package right on top now, or shall I remove X first, and then install the port/package after that? Thanks