From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 8 01:17:41 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id BAA05315 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 01:17:41 -0700 Received: from glommy.jinr.dubna.su (glommy.jinr.dubna.su [159.93.145.5]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA05305 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 01:17:35 -0700 Received: (from lavr@localhost) by glommy.jinr.dubna.su (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA08880; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 12:12:53 +0400 From: Andrey Lavrentyev Message-Id: <199508080812.MAA08880@glommy.jinr.dubna.su> Subject: Re: Xwindow To: maher@azstarnet.com (maher katbah) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 12:12:53 +0400 (MSD) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Priority: fast In-Reply-To: <199508042218.PAA00591@web.azstarnet.com> from "maher katbah" at Aug 4, 95 03:18:46 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1086 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk maher katbah wrote... > > Hi: > > I installed FreeBSD 2.0.5 over 6 times now, trying to run X windows but I > can't. > or should I say I don't know how, I have a book for linux and it shows that > you can start X window by simply typing startx after configering the Xconfig > file. I added the /usr/X11R6/bin in the path. I moved to that directory and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^- where? if in current session than do rehash or csh startx. add /usr/X11R6/bin to your .cshrc-path or to dot.cshrc at skel directory (for all your users) > all what I get is "startx: command not found" even though the is right > there. please help me or at ls -la /usr/X11/bin/startx (I have symbolic link X11 -> X11R6 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 1454 May 9 04:00 /usr/X11/bin/startx ^^^^^^^^^^ If you can't run startx then try to run xdm See ttys, for starting X you must have one "off secure" ttyvX entry. > least let me know where I can get help also if thers is an existing book for > FREEBSD let me know see /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc INSTALL README README.Config README.FreeBSD -- lavr