From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 27 7:21: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns2.robhughes.com (12-237-138-77.client.attbi.com [12.237.138.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B3C137B416 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 07:20:57 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 388 invoked from network); 27 Dec 2001 15:20:56 -0000 Received: from hexch01.robhughes.com (192.168.1.3) by ns2.robhughes.com with SMTP; 27 Dec 2001 15:20:56 -0000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: startx crashes FreeBSD 4.2 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:20:56 -0600 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: startx crashes FreeBSD 4.2 Thread-Index: AcGO5idAtNEZ385ATKe4RabT0+KnmwAAmSYw From: "Robert D. Hughes" To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As far as XFree85-4, I have no idea. I've never seen that port anywhere. XFree on FreeBSD is available in two flavors: 3.3.6 (default, installed from distribution) and 4.x.x from the ports. If the KDE version in the ports tree isn't recent enough for you, just download the source, read the docs, ./configure && make && make install && enjoy. Now, as for "real unix", you have System IV/V and BSD style systems. They are not the same. Both are equally "real unix". Learning one does not make you proficient in the other. Open- and FreeBSD are both BSD (Berkley) based systems. Linux, UX, and Solaris are examples of SYSV style systems. Which do you want to learn? -----Original Message----- From: Morten Gulbrandsen [mailto:morten.gulbrandsen@t-online.de] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 8:52 AM Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: startx crashes FreeBSD 4.2 Thank for the gently advice. This is a statement what I should have done,=20 I hereby apologize for not asking before=20 I started to install. I will newer ever=20 attempt to install everything, without proper investigation. What can I do now ? cd /usr/ports/x11/ make deinstall ? cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree85-4/ make install ? my problem is still that I cannot start the x server. What really is XFree85-4 ? I'm looking for a general purpose desktop solution, I have read recommendations about,=20 FreeBSD 4.4-Release XFree86 3.3.6 KDE 2.2 or higher. I want no linux emulations, and I want to get as close as possible=20 to real unix. I wanted to install some tools for viewing PostScript files. And for converting between PostScript and portable Document format. It was istalled , but it didn't work .=20 Yours Sincerely Morten Gulbrandsen Edwin Groothuis wrote: >=20 > On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 03:46:51AM +0100, Morten Gulbrandsen wrote: > > Hello, my problem is: > > startx gives fatal server error. >=20 > You should install only the port you're looking for, not everybody > in the x11-category: >=20 > cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree85-4 > make install >=20 > After you've installed it, run xf86config (or xf86cfg, I'm never > sure which one) and go on with the configuration stuff. >=20 > Edwin >=20 > -- > Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org > edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: > ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message