Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 09:16:09 -0800 From: pascal@netcom.com (Richard A Childers) To: justin.kuntz@ftscorp.com, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: trouble ( with X install ) Message-ID: <199503141716.JAA09183@netcom15.netcom.com>
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justin.kuntz@ftscorp.com inquires :
"... After installing the required binaries, I then try installing the X
Windows support, but the system stops at the screen "loading X Win",
which occurs AFTER the checksums have been validated."
"I would really like to get this to work. Do you have any ideas?"
-=8=-
( Caveat : my experience is with diskettes downloaded over the Net, not
with a CDROM-driven installation. Don't think there's much difference.
Both are RELEASE 2.0. )
In general, I've found the Menu-Driven Intallation only works flawlessly
with a few basic packages. Binaries ... sources ... maybe manpages. Have
not been successful getting it to autoload X.
Which is OK. Four virtual terminals ( now 8 :-) and BSD is enough for me,
for the moment.
Submit that Release 2.0's core consists purely of {bin,src,kern}dist and
that everything else should be regarded as a layered application above
and beyond the basic core of BSD ... and treated as distinct from FreeBSD.
-=8=-
That having been said, I'm as keenly interested in getting X to run as
anyone else. (-: And I'm also experiencing segmentation faults.
There's a nice FAQ on installing and running X that I haven't finished
but which I recommend to everyone.
To load X manually, I did ( approximately ) the following :
(1) copy compressed installation file set(s) into /usr/tmp ( /usr
had been sized accordingly beforehand to allow for unpacking
and rebuilding ... 270 MB )
(2) read documents and decide which file set(s) aren't needed -
for instance, won't be using Kanji or Arabic, can eliminate
a number of video card drivers that are not present
(3) run extract.sh - this creates an installation tree right in
/usr/tmp, inside a directory called X11R6, if memory serves
me correctly. ( Oh, yeah, set umask first - see FAQ )
(4) tar installation into previously created /usr/X11R6 filesystem,
suggested size 50 MB :
( cd /usr/tmp/X11R6 ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd /usr/X11R6 ; tar xvf - )
( This may be avoidable by setting the DESTDIR variable, so that
the installation is placed directly into /usr/X11R6. )
(5) run ranlib on X lib directory
(6) Run xf86config ( probably needs to be done a couple of times until
everything's just right, unless you have *all* of the specs on your
video display, video controller, and mouse )
(7) return to mortal status ( don't want to run X as "root", you will
litter /root with .files, erase files accidentally, et caetera )
and start X with the "startx" command ( may need to reset $path
and do a rehash [ assuming csh here ] )
I find it useful to collect startx output into a file, so I've
done the following in my .cshrc :
alias startx '/usr/X11R6/bin/startx >& ./startx_`date +%y%m%d%H%M`'
( or something like that ) ... so that I'm collecting the data from
my efforts and not *completely* wasting my time. (-;
Hope that's of some help !!
-=8=-
Any X whizs out there ? I'm running 32 MB of swap and 8 MB of RAM, swap is
mounted and only about 10% is being utilized. X starts, but freezes when I
use the mouse to invoke the root window menu ( or just about any other
window operation outside of the text area of the Login xterm ).
-- richard
Pontius Pilate was politically correct. So was Benedict Arnold.
So was Vidkun Quisling ... and so was Adolph Hitler. |-:
richard childers san francisco, california pascal@netcom.com
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