Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:43:31 -0700 From: Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 question Message-ID: <4C646B03.701383F0@blakemfg.com> References: <4C641B08.E424A1A0@blakemfg.com> <4C64362A.3000202@njit.edu> <4C644E17.C9CFAAC9@blakemfg.com> <4C6456CD.50501@njit.edu>
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pkg_info | grep xinit doesn't return anything rehash which startx startx: Command not found whereis X X: /usr/local/bin/X pkg_which /usr/local/bin/X pkg_which: Command not found Oliver: I used your porgle tool to find pkg_which and will install it later. Porgle appears to be a very useful tool. I installed x11-servers/xorg-server but maybe should have installed Xorg instead. However, from looking at the pkg-descr for xorg it looks like it will install a huge amount of software that will not get used. I am reluctant to do this. I have installed 8.0-RELEASE from the CD and I want to run olvwm for a desktop. I have been using Solaris 2.6 with the OpenWindows desktop for 12 years and consider it to be as close to perfection as one can get. I am being forced, kicking and screaming, to move to some other type of Unix on a PC and would like to continue using OpenWindows. It is probably going to be an uphill battle to get olvwm to work. Am I going to have to install xorg to get everything needed? Best regards, Fred Tim Kellers wrote: > > Fred, > > From man startx(1): > > SEE ALSO > xinit(1), X(7), Xserver(1), Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5) > > Try: > > # whereis X > > If X is installed, it should return: > > # X: /usr/local/bin/X > > pkg_which if X is installed should return: > > # pkg_which /usr/local/bin/X > > xorg-server-1.7.5,1 > > If it doesn't, then the full X server isn't installed: > > Try: > > # whereis xorg > > xorg: /usr/ports/x11/xorg > > If xorg isn't installed, cd to: > > /usr/ports/x11/xorg > > and > > make config-recursive (If you add any options, run make > config-recursive a second time after the shell prompt returns) > > and then > > make install clean > > HTH > > Tim Kellers > > On 08/12/10 15:40, Fred Boatwright wrote: > > Hi Oliver and Tim, > > > > I installed xinit but startx still doesn't exist. whereis returns > > nothing and man startx returns nothing. > > > > Fred > > > > Tim Kellers wrote: > > > >> /usr/ports/x11/xinit > >> > >> On my system (with X, obviously, already installed): > >> > >> beta# whereis startx > >> > >> startx: /usr/local/bin/startx /usr/local/man/man1/startx.1.gz > >> > >> beta# pkg_which /usr/local/bin/startx > >> > >> xinit-1.2.0 > >> > >> beta# whereis xinit > >> > >> xinit: /usr/local/bin/xinit /usr/local/man/man1/xinit.1.gz > >> /usr/ports/x11/xinit > >> > >> I' m not certain about the p5/Perl TK questions, but in the file: > >> /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/p5-Tk/pkg-descr > >> there is this description: > >> > >> This a re-port of a perl interface to Tk8.4 (John Ousterhout's production > >> release). > >> > >> Perl API is essentially the same as Tk800.025 but has not > >> been verified as compliant. > >> > >> It also includes all the C code parts of Tix8.1.4 from SourceForge. > >> The perl code corresponding to Tix's Tcl code is not fully implemented. > >> > >> This version (Tk804.025) is only likely to work with perl5.8+. > >> > >> Tim Kellers > >> > >> On 08/12/10 12:02, Fred Boatwright wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Where would I find startx? I assume it is part one of the ports under > >>> X11 > >>> but I don't want to install all of them to find it. > >>> > >>> Also, is p5-Tk the same as Perl/Tk? > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> > >>> Fred > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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