Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 01:54:05 -0500 From: Todd Doucet <todd@lugaru.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: documentation problem, imho Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19991121015405.00885100@lugaru.com>
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I don't know if you are the folks who maintain or take
comments for the /stand/sysinstall utility, but I am
assuming you are, or can forward this if necessary.
I am trying to get FreeBSD up and running for the
first time. I consider myself quite experienced
at this kind of thing, but I am having a problem
that I think is basically documentation related,
and I think likely to be shared by many others.
When I originally installed FreeBSD, I selected
the "developer" package, not the "x developer",
or "kernel developer" package. I did this
from within /stand/sysinstall as part
of the first run.
Since then I've done work on the system,
downloaded and installed many ports, etc.
Now I discover that I wish I had selected
"X Developer" originally when asked. I have
been unable to figure out how to accomplish
this, despite hours of trying.
I've tried these things, among others:
!. Started /stand/sysinstall and basically
started over, selecting "Novice". This
really wants to repartition my hard
drive. I don't want to start ALL OVER,
I just want to do the equivalent of
the "X Developer" selection.
2. From within /stand/sysinstall, I selected
the "X Developer" item. When I'm all
finished with this item, nothing happens.
I'm just returned to the Index. I am at
a loss to figure out what I'm supposed to do.
I suspect there is a "package" or a "port" that
corresponds to the "X Developer" selection during
installation, but I have been unable to determine
what that is.
Or perhaps there isn't such a package or port. But
then I still don't know what I'm supposed to do. As
it stands now, the installed system does not have
basic header files for the X window system.
I've read the documentation on the cdrom. I've
read your handbook at freebsd.org. I've read
the (overly-chatty) book that came with my
FreeBSD books called "The Complete FreeBSD."
I really don't know what to do. Maybe I'm
a big dummy, but I've been doing things like
this for a long, long time. I think the problem
is with the documentation. That why I'm
bothering you with my problem.
Todd Doucet
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