From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jun 14 18:39:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA14527 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 18:39:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.honk.org (mpoulin@honk.org [206.191.48.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA14518 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 18:39:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mpoulin@honk.org) Received: from localhost (mpoulin@localhost) by mail.honk.org (8.8.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA05773 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 20:40:08 -0400 Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 20:40:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Marty Poulin To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Success with X Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Well. I feel a little silly having made such a big deal about installing X. It was excruciatingly simple. But if it will help any other newbies out there, this is what I did: 1. Downloaded the following files from ftp.xfree86.org/current/binaries/FreeBSD-2.2.x : - preinst.sh - postinst.sh - X332bin.tgz - X332cfg.tgz - X332doc.tgz - X332man.tgz - X332fnts.tgz - X332lib.tgz - X332set.tgz - X332vg16.tgz and the specific server for my video card: X332Mach64.tgz 2. Created the following directory: /usr/X11R6 3. Added /usr/X11R6/bin to the PATH variable in my /.profile 4. Unpacked the tarballs in the /usr/X11R6 directory with the following command: gzip -dc X332xxx.tgz | tar xfB - 5. Ran XF86Setup 6. Filled in the blanks regarding my monitor, then ran xvidtune to fine-tune the settings. 7. started an X session (startx). Lo and behold, it worked! Now I am trying to install other window mangers (fvwm and fvwm95) to see what I can do with them. I didn't have any success last night, but it was late and my mind was starting to wander... Anyway, like I said, it was a very simple process. Hopefully in the future the FAQ or Handbook can include more concise instructions to help people get started. As for the window mangers, I will see what freebsd-questions has to say about my specific error, and keep you posted. ===================== Quote(c) 1997 Martin Poulin ===================== Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton, Letter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message