From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 28 23:18:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA12472 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:18:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA12464 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:18:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA22607; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:18:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 23:18:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Jerome Culet JD cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Server In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971127130056.0092e320@pop.slip.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Jerome Culet JD wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > I did a new install off BSD 2.2.5 and I can not get the X window system > working. > I seems to configure OK from the /stand/sysinstall command but when I issue > startx I get ERROR starting server make sure /usr/X11R6/lib/X is in your path > or an ERROR USE --OPTION and it gives me example ie. X86_SVGA. > I am a novice in the unix/BSD area. can you help? Modify ~/.cshrc and make sure '/usr/X11R6/bin' is in your PATH. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major