From owner-freebsd-current Thu Oct 8 20:13:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA01294 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:13:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.webspan.net (mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA01286 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:13:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from opsys@mail.webspan.net) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with SMTP id XAA07710; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 23:04:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 23:15:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Open Systems Networking X-Sender: opsys@orion.webspan.net To: Roger Greenlee cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with Beta 3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Roger Greenlee wrote: > Hello, I am new to this list and to FreeBSD... I just installed the Beta 3 > 9-28-98 version of FreeBSD. I am now trying to install fvwm window manager > and it is telling me that it cannot find X-Windows. I am using the pkg_add > command. Does anyone know a workaround for this? Ok first of all, and dont take offense to this, you should NOT be running -current or any BETA. You need to install a -RELEASE. 2.2.7 is the latest release. Once you install 2.2.7, to get a window manager to work you have to install X. Install ports, cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 ; make Once it builds and your happy with your selection of video server and the like do make install. Then go install your window manager. Chris -- "You both seem to be ignoring the fact that the networking market is driven by so-called 'IT professionals' these days, most of whom can't tell the difference between an ARP and a carp." -Wes Peters ===================================| Open Systems Networking And Consulting. FreeBSD 2.2.7 is available now! | Phone: 316-326-6800 -----------------------------------| 1402 N. Washington, Wellington, KS-67152 FreeBSD: The power to serve! | E-Mail: opsys@open-systems.net http://www.freebsd.org | Consulting-Network Engineering-Security ===================================| http://open-systems.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message