Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:17:19 +0000 From: "Siraj Shaikh" <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> To: doug@safeport.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting X - was Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot Message-ID: <3b2ddd940801291217j668bccfbsde8c3259c79cd06b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080129150419.I92107@fledge.watson.org> 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>
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On 29/01/2008, doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> 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
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