From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 2 12:44:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id MAA01163 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:44:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts15-line12.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.195]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id MAA01149 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:44:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA00343; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:44:19 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:44:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Mark Smith cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Xfree86 3.2? In-Reply-To: <32C9F04A.4BCB@3-cities.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Mark Smith wrote: > I'm currently running FreeBSD 2.1.5R (the CDROM) and decided to > upgrade the XFree to 3.2 because I upgraded to a Virge based > video card. I downloaded the necessary .tgz parts from > ftp.freebsd.org. Here's the problem, when I untar them with You may have problems with the ViRGE chipsets -- I recall some X problems with them. I'm not sure they're supported at current. > find . -name "*.tgz" -exec tar -xvzpf {} \; > > I get the directories that look like > > bin drwxrwxrwx .... > > If I leave the p option out of the tar I get > > bin drwx------ .... > > How do I get the X11 stuff unarchived with decent attributes so > that non root accounts can run X but not trash the contents?!? You might try: 1. Back up /etc 2. Run the boot floppy 3. Do install -> custom -> mount filesystems -> select X components (ie, do the install procedure, MOUNT your filesystems, and just select X) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major