From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Nov 21 2:52:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.wxs.nl (smtp03.wxs.nl [195.121.6.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6680814C04 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 02:52:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.196.130]) by smtp03.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAB2E48; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:52:08 +0100 Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by daemon.ninth-circle.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA48718; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:52:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:52:03 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Todd Doucet Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: documentation problem, imho Message-ID: <19991121115203.B48139@daemon.ninth-circle.org> References: <3.0.5.32.19991121015405.00885100@lugaru.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19991121015405.00885100@lugaru.com> Organisation: Ninth-Circle Enterprises Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -On [19991121 08:01], Todd Doucet (todd@lugaru.com) wrote: >Now I discover that I wish I had selected >"X Developer" originally when asked. I have >been unable to figure out how to accomplish >this, despite hours of trying. > >I've tried these things, among others: > >!. Started /stand/sysinstall and basically > started over, selecting "Novice". This > really wants to repartition my hard > drive. I don't want to start ALL OVER, > I just want to do the equivalent of > the "X Developer" selection. Wrong. Select from the main menu > Configure > Distributions. The only caveat I can see is that you have to select your own stuff instead of the ready-to-choose `kits'. >I suspect there is a "package" or a "port" that >corresponds to the "X Developer" selection during >installation, but I have been unable to determine >what that is. The `kits' set different option on and off in Configure > Distributions >Or perhaps there isn't such a package or port. But >then I still don't know what I'm supposed to do. As >it stands now, the installed system does not have >basic header files for the X window system. Configure > Distributions > XFree86 and select what you need. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project Network/Security Specialist BSD: Technical excellence at its best Learn e-mail netiquette: http://www.lemis.com/email.html An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message