From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 14 00:49:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA25986 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:49:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.wavefront.com (ns.wavefront.com [204.73.244.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA25981 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:49:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ocean@wavefront.com) Received: by mail.wavefront.com (8.6.10/SMI-4.1.R931202) id CAA02387; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 02:54:58 -0500 Received: from wf-1-5.wavefront.com(204.73.244.135), claiming to be "ocean" via SMTP by ns.wavefront.com, id smtpdAAAa02385; Wed Oct 14 07:54:57 1998 Message-ID: <000701bdf747$04604a80$03000004@ocean> From: "Michael Porter" To: Cc: Subject: oops, X in installation Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 02:48:17 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDF71D.186DC040" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDF71D.186DC040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I feel bad about this one. I read the errata on 2.2.7, and it talks = about the bug about loading X during installation. It's an easy fix, = one that I've known for a long time. It's simply that a directory is = missing. I haven't installed for a long time, so I don't quite = remember, but I think it's /usr/local/bin or something. I could = probably figure it out again. In fact, I'm going to be installing = tonight, so I'll try to look it up. Just mkdir /usr/local/bin, or = whatever directory it was, *before* trying to run X, and it will work = fine. I'm sorry about not posting this before, I guess I forgot because = it's always so long between the time that I install, and the time that = my machine is configured enough to read/send e-mail. Better late than = never, eh? Please reply to me because I took myself off the mailing = lists (I learned a lot, but it took way too much time to read it all) Thank you, Michael Porter ocean@wavefront.com ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDF71D.186DC040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I feel bad about this one. I = read the=20 errata on 2.2.7, and it talks about the bug about loading X during=20 installation. It's an easy fix, one that I've known for a long = time. =20 It's simply that a directory is missing. I haven't installed for a = long=20 time, so I don't quite remember, but I think it's /usr/local/bin or=20 something. I could probably figure it out again. In fact, = I'm going=20 to be installing tonight, so I'll try to look it up. Just mkdir=20 /usr/local/bin, or whatever directory it was, *before* trying to run X, = and it=20 will work fine.

I'm sorry about = not posting=20 this before, I guess I forgot because it's always so long between the = time that=20 I install, and the time that my machine is configured enough to = read/send=20 e-mail. Better late than never, eh? Please reply to me = because I=20 took myself off the mailing lists (I learned a lot, but it took way too = much=20 time to read it all)

Thank you,

Michael Porter

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