From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 10 19:14:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA00742 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 10 Aug 1996 19:14:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost1.cac.washington.edu (mailhost1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA00735 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 1996 19:14:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cs8-6.u.washington.edu by mailhost1.cac.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.06/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA01010; Sat, 10 Aug 96 19:14:45 -0700 Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 19:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Marsh To: Rich Bornhofer Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp install crash.. recoverd? In-Reply-To: <320C382F.26A6@iosys.net> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hello, > > [much removed] > > But i can't seem to get startx > to be recognized. I go to the /usr/X116R(or whichever) directory and > there are all the files. (actually, i think they are in /bin in that > dir) But when i type 'startx' i get a message that the file isn't there. > When i ls -l the directory, they are all there, and have value, so it > should be there. My question is, where and what modifications do i have > to make to files so the system accepts the command? > > [rest removed The current directory is not in your path? try "./startx" instead. note that the current directory can be added to the path, but it is considered poor form for security reasons to do this. _ _ __ _ _ / \ / \ / | / \ / \ Student of Engineering | | / / / / | \ | | University of Washington | |/ / / /_ | \ \ | | Ken Marsh: Durang@U.Washington.edu | \ \ __| | | \ \| | | |\ \ \ \ | | \ | "If you're going to eat a frog, | | \ \ \ \ | | \ | eat a nice juicy one." \_/ \_\ \_| \_/ \_/ - Wongani Nyasulu -