Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:56:44 -0500 From: "Jamie Wright" <yhiannah@itlnet.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: help!!! Message-ID: <000801c0d99c$1b52a320$9e0de2d8@win32>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0D972.31AB8F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To whom it may concern, I cant get X to install. I installed FreeBSD and rebooted, logged in, = and typed "startx" and it couldent find it. Perhapse this was due to a = message i recieved during installation that said "Xfree86 3.xxx could = not be installed" and the only option was the "abort" option. I have a = voodoo banshee card, and I dont think its the graphics card. I had 6 = gigs to work with. do i just start over and try to install ALL of the = ports? the install only used the first CD. I just bought the FreeBSD = powerpak 4.2 from amazon.com because I hate Linux. I just want to use a = UNIX-type OS. What do I do???????? Help, please!!!!!!! Sincerely, Robert Gallimore yhiannah@itlnet.net ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0D972.31AB8F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To whom it may concern,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I cant get X to install. I installed = FreeBSD and=20 rebooted, logged in, and typed "startx" and it couldent find it. = Perhapse this=20 was due to a message i recieved during installation that said "Xfree86 = 3.xxx=20 could not be installed" and the only option was the "abort" option. I = have a=20 voodoo banshee card, and I dont think its the graphics card. I had 6 = gigs to=20 work with. do i just start over and try to install ALL of the ports? the = install=20 only used the first CD. I just bought the FreeBSD powerpak 4.2 from = amazon.com=20 because I hate Linux. I just want to use a UNIX-type OS. What do I = do????????=20 Help, please!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Robert Gallimore</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>yhiannah@itlnet.net</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0D972.31AB8F80-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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