From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 25 11:56:18 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2351737B401 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:56:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from empire.explosive.mail.net (empire.explosive.mail.net [205.205.25.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D40543F13 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:56:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mykroft@explosive.mail.net) Received: (qmail 22969 invoked from network); 25 Jan 2003 19:54:34 -0000 Received: from semtex.explosive.mail.net (205.205.25.113) by empire.explosive.mail.net with SMTP; 25 Jan 2003 19:54:34 -0000 Subject: Re: Simple question about X From: Mykroft Holmes IV To: Brian McCann Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <000201c2c4a8$5ed51d50$1500a8c0@dogbert> References: <000201c2c4a8$5ed51d50$1500a8c0@dogbert> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 25 Jan 2003 14:58:51 -0500 Message-Id: <1043524731.31457.9.camel@semtex.explosive.mail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You shouldn't even need to configure X if you are exporting the display. X needs to be installed merely for the support apps & libraries. Make sure your DISPLAY Variable is set to windowshostname:0 where 0 is the number of your display (And it should be 0 by default). Then from the command line, run the app, it should appear on your Windows Desktop. Adam On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 14:31, Brian McCann wrote: > Hi all. I've got a simple and stupid question. I'm trying to run an X > app (dcgui) via Xmanager from a windows box. So...I did a make install > on that, and it complained about xauth not being there. So, I just > installed X, did a make install in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4. But when I > type "startx" or "X" I get a message that it's unable to open a config > file. And I'm having a MAJOR brain fart and cannot remember what > package provides the configure scripts. Can someone help me out? > > Thanks, > --Brian > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message