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Date:      Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:22:06 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com>
To:        Gary Harris <gharris@wr.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Subject:   RE: Installing X (was: Win 95 install)
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980617102206.malte@webmore.com>
In-Reply-To: <199806161821.EAA05838@mail.wr.com.au>

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Are you installing from CD ?
Check the MD5 checksums.

Compat21 is definately not needed for installing XFree86 !

Malte.

On 16-Jun-98 Gary Harris wrote:
> 
>     Thanks Doug,
> 
>> > 
>> > > > 2.1 compat dist could not be found. Is this required for X? I found
>> > > > nothing that says so.
>> > > 
>> > > No, you just missed the compat21/ directory.
>> > > 
>> >     What do you mean, missed? I didn't get it. Nothing that I read say
>> > that I need it for a flat 2.2.6 install.>
>> 
>> You don't, but you must have selected it.
>> 
>> > > Did you enable moused?  If you did then the X default mouse, SysMouse,
>> > > should work.
> 
>      No,no, no, no. Categorically and emphatically not! I've tried to install
> a dozen or so times and every time I have 
> not opted for compat21 and every time I get this message. 
> 
> 
>         Cheers,
> 
>              Gary.
> 
> 
> 
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Date: 17-Jun-98
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