Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:49:52 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Steven Friedrich <freebsd@insightbb.com> Subject: Re: startx and xinit under FreeBSD8 Message-ID: <b79ecaef0912120949p1a597b01p4f5fb674f97ccedf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091212174650.GA3084@ozzmosis.com> References: <200912111657.06299.freebsd@insightbb.com> <20091212174650.GA3084@ozzmosis.com>
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2009/12/12 andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>: > On Fri 2009-12-11 16:57:06 UTC-0500, Steven Friedrich (freebsd@insightbb.= com) wrote: > >> I installed FreeBSD to another partition, so I could check it out. >> I selected All sources and binaries and KDE4. >> >> When I tried startx, it complained that it didn't exist. >> It's just a script, so I copied it over from my 7.2p5 partition. >> Now it complains that xinit doesn't exist. >> >> Why didn't these two get laid-down by the install?? > > The dependencies for KDE4 probably don't go as far as requiring an X > server. =A0Some machines run headless and so don't require an X server > (what startx runs) to be installed to run X apps. Yeah, it'd be a _royal_ pain if KDE and GNOME depended on an X server. It'd defeat the whole client-server relationship! Sorry it's confusing for people who wouldn't use it like that.... Also, please don't use XFree86! It's defunct, and has an obnoxious licence. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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