Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 21:58:11 +0200 From: Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Cc: sealbeam <sealbeam@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: xfree86 doesn't install Message-ID: <200505102158.11896.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> In-Reply-To: <000801c55506$a9fcaa00$7745e804@beckett5mxunme> References: <000801c55506$a9fcaa00$7745e804@beckett5mxunme>
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On Tuesday 10 of May 2005 04:19, sealbeam wrote: > Hi > > I just bought FreeBSD 5.2.1 (retail version) and am having trouble with > x-window. At the beginning of the install, I have chose All (install > everything) and X-user. Neither of them seems to install xfree86. At least, > I'm never presented with the "configure x-server now?" message, and if I do > a post-installation "configure xfree86, a message says it's not installed. Hmmm... 5.2.1 was rather a "development preview" release and is not quite supported any longer, so you might want to look into updating it. Having said that, configuring X via sysinstall was rather clunky so it was even removed from there. Having said that also, have a look at FreeBSD Handbook - chapters about installing and configuring X: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html To see if X is installed (I'm not quite sure what components of X sysinstall option X-user installs), you can use pkg_info(1) and if it is not see the above mentioned chapter on installing it as well as the Installing Applications: Packages and Ports chapter: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html One other thing that is worth mentioning is that between 5.2.1 and now, the default X implementation has been changed from one provided by XFree86 to the one by Xorg. Therefore if you stick to defaults, when you later upgrade to newer release this is one more hurdle to overcome. Apart from that, many fixes have been made from that version to now and FreeBSD 5.4 has just been released yesterday. So if you have an option to burn a CD of newer release, it will most probably save you some trouble down the road. Dejan
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