From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 14 23:20:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA32514FA3 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:20:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA21251; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:20:07 +0100 (MET) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA15612; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:20:06 +0100 (MET) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA19956; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:20:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:20:05 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: Francisco Reyes Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: sysinstall not installing XFree Message-ID: <19991115082005.D18274@sr.se> Reply-To: Gunnar Flygt References: <199911150335.WAA01967@sanson.reyes.somos.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <199911150335.WAA01967@sanson.reyes.somos.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 10:35:29PM -0500, Francisco Reyes wrote: > I am trying to install XFree. From sysinstall I first tried to install from ftp. I used a custom > distribution and selected all the components I wanted from Xfree, selected FTP as media and tried commit. > I got a blue screen for about 30 seconds and then it asked if I wanted to go to the configuration screen. > > Tried to install from the 3.3 release. After it complained it didn't match I instructed it to use the Cd > anyway. I got the same a blue screen and the question about the configuration screen. > > I am trying to install from ports, but it would have been much simpler/easier/quicker if I could have > installed from the CD. Even if the CD didn't have the latest version I would have preferred that. > On the CD's you have got the .tgz files that you can install with pkg_add And please wrap you mailer lines to something like 70 os so. Your mail looks terrible when read in a decent mailer. > Is the sysinstall on stable looking for a newer version of XFree than the one in 3.3 CD? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message