From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 18 05:32:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA03675 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 02:32:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA03504 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 02:30:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA06292; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 22:08:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 22:08:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Frank Griffith cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Programs In-Reply-To: <01BD22B4.3BF34BE0@dal12-17.ppp.iadfw.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Frank Griffith wrote: > I have completed the FreeBSD 2.2.5 install from the FTP site > over the Internet. Lets just say that my current financial status > forces me to do this without the CD for now! > > I selected the ports during installation and think I have what I > need to get some of the programs running. Anyway I have a > /usr/ports/ directory which is full of stuff. In particular I would > like to get the sunclock program running. Do I have to get > X-Windows running first. And If so, how do I do that. 1. Fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/XF86331/RELNOTES 2. Read Section 5 and figure out what parts you need. 3. Download them. 4. Extract them in /usr/X11R6. 5. Run XF86Config. 6. Run startx. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major