Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:23:44 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: filippo moretti <gunnut@2ainfo.it> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Installing XFree86 from ports Message-ID: <20000202162344.A10505@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000202152046.gunnut@2ainfo.it>; from gunnut@2ainfo.it on Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 03:20:46PM %2B0100 References: <20000202155817.A9830@sr.se> <XFMail.000202152046.gunnut@2ainfo.it>
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On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 03:20:46PM +0100, filippo moretti wrote:
>
> On 02-Feb-00 Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > Just for fun I thought I should make the upgrade to 3.3.6 of XFree86 by
> > using the ports. I don't think I'll do tht again, since when doing it
> > that way XFree86 doesn't work as when installing from the binaries found
> > in the distribution.
> >
> > I get an error when trying startx, saying that maybe I'm not the owner
> > of the console and then the system tries to call some function in X
> > which is unreachable and then finally gives up.
> >
> > Reinstallation from all the .tgz files fetched from XFree86 fixed the
> > whole thing, but it is a bit annoying that the ports installation does
> > something to the rights to run X.
> Just out of curiosity which version of FreeBSD are running:you should always
> referr it when aksing on the list.I think you might have some problem with
> /etc/pam.conf but I cannot tell you exactly what it is.
> I am waiting for 4.0 both FreeBSD and Xfree
> sincerely
> Filippo
I run 3.4-RELEASE
> >
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