From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 5 14:24:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00F3B1065670 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:24:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nick.chorley@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9005E8FC16 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:24:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 22so798191eye.9 for ; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:24:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=McailLe2EL86eIqVZJJSij1Nnq3iK3ky/vMwk7BJP1Q=; b=LTkkHT0LB3l+KUy6tFFmbyQhK8GERVkIJFAAoTD9UwZkW6hvpnwjstE5amOnLG18vM VAizu9BKCbepnytUtAAARZyzBzu/oqBEOCkksX6xAapx64GvZ1cxSVnN9iDl/S1aofly I7qF8aFNHBhqKnrlb/3clDaWCxB0VbNonTEgI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=btcasDFkfFTuVPE3u8uKbA7q/pSsJXK5rKVTgmbbr2DBmzJ6rc38aJPFQy3x99LYnw wWJKAq1FCTdJVFDBsMRhKeFf9/3IyS14EU13raMMdzt/RRs0xgDI39//10GwIaoeKb/p sLGxziO/0w2AJ6UkSeH6ka9cOVfj+nS67VV6w= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.90.65 with SMTP id d43mr1485748wef.41.1260021750927; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:02:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:02:30 +0000 Message-ID: From: Nicky Chorley To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: 8.0 installation doesn't contain X distributions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:24:27 -0000 Hi, I downloaded the DVD ISO for FreeBSD 8.0 (i386) and verified the MD5 checksum before burning. With regards to choosing distributions for installation, the handbook says "If a graphical user interface is desired then a distribution set that is preceded by an X should be chosen" and the help for the "Choose Distributions" section of sysinstall says "An "X-" prefixed before a distribution set means that the Xorg base distribution, libraries, manual pages, servers and a set of default fonts will be selected in addition to the set itself..". However, I do not see any distributions listed that are prefixed with "X-". The choices are "All", "Reset", "Developer", "Kern-Developer", "User", "Minimal" and "Custom". Even the "Custom" option has nothing related to Xorg. Is it supposed to be like this (i.e. no distributions containing X are presented on installation), or do I need to download other media from which to install? Note that I'm not asking how to install X and I realise that I can do it post-installation, but I'm just wondering whether I've made a mistake with my download or if the documentation is out of date. Regards, Nicky Chorley