From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Nov 20 22:55:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from inviteinternet.com (default.com [209.239.40.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0391A14C80 for ; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 22:55:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from todd@lugaru.com) Received: from desktop (adsl-151-201-20-102.bellatlantic.net [151.201.20.102]) by inviteinternet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA02583 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 01:55:36 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991121015405.00885100@lugaru.com> X-Sender: todd@lugaru.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 01:54:05 -0500 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG From: Todd Doucet Subject: documentation problem, imho Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message