From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 27 09:16:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA05661 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:16:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA05653 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:16:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA29018; Thu, 27 Nov 1997 11:15:13 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199711271715.LAA29018@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: startx problems To: jpearson@rex.lib.uci.edu (Jonny Pearson) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 11:15:13 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from Jonny Pearson at "Nov 26, 97 01:43:40 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Jonny Pearson said: > > I ran the XF86Setup program successfully and then I tried the "startx" > command. I get the following message: > > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH > > What does this mean??? I'm new to all of this. Please help. You either said no to linking X with the choosen server in your setup or you don't have /usr/X11R6/bin in your PATH. -- What's the difference between finding a dead snake in the road and finding a dead lawyer in the road? --There are skid marks in front of the snake.