Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 20:23:20 +0200 (MET DST) From: Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> To: "K.Ridge" <keithr@ntr.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: XFree86 w/ 3.0-current refuses to install Message-ID: <XFMail.970426204626.joki@jocki.domestic.de> In-Reply-To: <199704261529.LAA15915@ha1.ntr.net>
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On 26-Apr-97 at 15:29:58 K.Ridge wrote:
>Hello all,
>
> I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong and would appreciate any help. I have
>installed 3.0-current with the exception of the XFree86 distribution which
>refuses to cooperate.
>
> My initial installation attempt was from a DOS partition-- everything
>went fine but XFree86 could not be located (I'm guessing because it wasn't
>installed)
>
> My several FTP attempts also failed. I tried the Primary site along with
>each US site -- no go. At this point I already had everything installed
>except XFree, so I was attempting a 'custom' installation, choosing only
>the XFree distribution and trying to get the installation program to
>perform the 'extraction' step.
>
>I select the XFree86 distribution, choose DOS Partition, (or FTP, or
>existing freebsd filesystem) and choose 'extract'. A box flashes
>momentarily saying something like 'attempting to extract and install
>selected distributions', but it instantly dumps me back to the installation
>menu without extracting anything.
>
> I downloaded the directory XF86312S (from FreeBSD/XFree86/3.0-current/)
>and have untarred it into my /usr dir. I have also tried using the
>'install from an existing filesystem' option and still XFree resists my
>efforts.
>
> I now have XFree86 on DOS partition and in my /usr directory. Can anyone
>tell me how it can be installed from here?
>
> Does anyone know the path that the installation program uses when it
>looks for XFree? (From DOS partition)
>
> Is there a better way to approach this?
I don't know about 3.0-current, but in 2.0-release it's in the porrts tree and
it installed without any problems on my setup.
>
>Thank you, Keith
cu jo
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