From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 22 15:36:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from snarf.osdn.com (snarf.osdn.com [209.192.217.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B73E437B718 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:36:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mij@osdn.com) Received: from guinness.osdn.com (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snarf.osdn.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2MNalp08701; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:36:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mij@osdn.com) Received: by guinness.osdn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 25F4017A; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:36:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:36:45 -0500 From: Jim Mock To: "Ben O." Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel config - which way? Message-ID: <20010322183645.A782@guinness.osdn.com> Reply-To: mij@osdn.com References: <020701c0b31f$e4d200e0$0d01a8c0@casystems.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: <020701c0b31f$e4d200e0$0d01a8c0@casystems.net>; from ben@cahostnet.com on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 05:30:54PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 at 17:30:54 -0500, Ben O. wrote: > OK, I upgraded my OS couple of days ago. At that time I was using the > GENERIC kernel. When I upgraded I used the method: > > # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > > Then I installed a new kernel using the > /usr/sbin/config -g mykernel > make depend > make > make install > > Was this correct? Do I now need to use the first method again or I'm OK. Erm, no. Those both do the same thing. If you have a populated /usr/obj (i.e., you built world), the first will work. If you don't have a populated /usr/obj, you're better off with the 2nd method. > Lastly, why can't I run startx as a user? I'm running XFree86-4.0.3 > and KDE2. When I run xdm or kdm I don't get my KDE desktop, I get > some bogus window. Why, what do I need to configure to get my KDE > desktop or any other windows manager. Read the message after installing X. You need to install the xwrapper port. - jim -- - jim mock - O|S|D|N - open source development network - - http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message