From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Jun 13 02:46:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA23644 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 02:46:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA23632 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 02:46:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA18875; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:11:44 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nik) Message-ID: <19980612001144.26368@nothing-going-on.org> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:11:44 +0100 From: Nik Clayton To: Sue Blake , Nik Clayton Cc: Marty Poulin , newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing X References: <19980606074507.47760@welearn.com.au> <19980611002930.45363@nothing-going-on.org> <19980612074543.31873@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <19980612074543.31873@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 07:45:43AM +1000 Organization: Nik at home, where there's nothing going on Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 07:45:43AM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 12:29:30AM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 11:12:45AM -0400, Marty Poulin wrote: > > > Ok - what would be *really* helpful would be some sort of instructions > > > on how to install X. Is it available as a package or a port, what is > > > needed in preparation, where to get it... - a complete break > > > down of the steps required. > > > > Ignoring the issue of acquiring the actual tarballs for X, what's wrong > > with the instructions that come with it at the moment? > > Which instructions? Where? Are they in the Handbook or FAQ? > (It's a while since I've done a new installation) README.FreeBSD that comes with the X distribution (it's not in the FAQ or Handbook, although the Handbook does point you at the documentation on the XFree86 site). README.FreeBSD is > 850 lines in length and contains sections 1. What and Where is XFree86? 2. Installing the Binaries 2.1 Full Install: 2.2 Minimal Install: 2.3 After either Full or Minimal Install above: 3. Installing The Display Manager (xdm) 4. Configuring X for Your Hardware 5. Running X 6. Rebuilding Kernels for X 7. Building X Clients 8. Thanks which seems to be pretty comprehensive. N -- You are in a maze of twisty signature files all the same. -- You are in a maze of twisty signature files all alike. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message