Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 18:37:44 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Cydney Johnson <cydneyjohnson@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UNIX INSTALLAION Message-ID: <20020307163744.GA4789@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020306231503.40054.qmail@web14505.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020306231503.40054.qmail@web14505.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 2002-03-06 15:15, Cydney Johnson wrote:
> Hi I am a student at "THE SEATTLE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE" and I am
> performing a unix installation on a pc. I'm having alot of trouble even
> with the book that came with programs. I'm using freebsd 4.0 and the book
> that came with it is called the Complete FreeBSD. When I try to execute
> the commands in the book i get errors. I installed by booting from a
> floppy then using the stand/sysinstall command I go to the graphical
> interface. I then proceed...I configured and got rid of the
> conflicts...then I continue with the installation of the distributions and
> configuring the mouse and monitor. Everything seems to be ok...I have
> screen saver but I cant use startx and view the os with graphics. I keep
> getting an error that reads.......
>
> execve failed for /usr/X11R6/bin/X (errno 2)
>
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
>
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
This means that the startx' program tries to execute another program called
X from the /usr/X11R6/bin directory. That program does not exist, and
startx fails. The /usr/X11R6/bin/X program is usually a symbolic link to
the proper XF86_xxx program in that same directory. When you configure
XFree86 you are asked during the configuration process:
Should I create the X server symbolic link?
Answer 'yes' to that question, and the link will be created.
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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