From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 18 07:39:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC3E16A418 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:39:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ananias@africaonline.com.na) Received: from mx01.africaonline.com.na (mx01.africaonline.com.na [196.44.140.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1CFE13C4AA for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:39:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ananias@africaonline.com.na) Received: from [196.44.140.226] (helo=afol78821b601c) by mx01.africaonline.com.na with esmtp (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IiPWG-000GBC-6A for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:10:12 +0000 From: "Ananias Uushona" To: Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:11:40 +0200 Organization: Africaonline Namibia Message-ID: <001c01c81156$215afd50$6410f7f0$@com.na> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001D_01C81166.E4E3CD50" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcgRVhydHVg//65vStqHOmWtChaxeg== Content-Language: en-us x-cr-hashedpuzzle: EB9w EOgn Ea+t Ec9T Ed+B FhOr GNP+ IOnP ISDW IhEG IkVN KrIK KvvH K57a K6jt K6k6; 1; ZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAtAHEAdQBlAHMAdABpAG8AbgBzAEAAZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAuAG8AcgBnAA==; Sosha1_v1; 7; {E99A4731-0189-4E1F-AB4B-2D7A2961F1B4}; YQBuAGEAbgBpAGEAcwBAAGEAZgByAGkAYwBhAG8AbgBsAGkAbgBlAC4AYwBvAG0ALgBuAGEA; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:11:32 GMT; dAByAHkAaQBuAGcAIAB0AG8AIABpAG4AcwB0AGEAbABsACAAZwBuAG8AbQBlADIALgA= x-cr-puzzleid: {E99A4731-0189-4E1F-AB4B-2D7A2961F1B4} X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 196.44.140.226 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ananias@africaonline.com.na X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on mx01.africaonline.com.na X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=3.1.0 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mx01.africaonline.com.na) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: trying to install gnome2. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ananias@africaonline.com.na List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:39:12 -0000 This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C81166.E4E3CD50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Actually am new to freebsd and I willing to learn I was tryin to install gnome2 on one of the test machines and when I try to start it With a command startx this came up can any one help coz I ve installed all what is needed from my poind of view and I even enabled it in etc/rc.conf /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "test.africaonline.com.na:0" in "list" command /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "test.africaonline.com.na:0" in "add" command /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path and that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server for your display. Possible server names include: Xorg X.Org displays giving up. /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: Connection refused (errno 61): unable to connect to X server /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "test.africaonline.com.na:0" in "remove" command What should I do? Thanks, Ananias Uushona Technical Assistant1 ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C81166.E4E3CD50--