From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 7 9:16:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0239A37B404 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:16:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a186.otenet.gr [212.205.215.186]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g27HG3ft020550; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 19:16:20 +0200 (EET) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g27GlXUA032939; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 18:47:33 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g27Gbjn8030148; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 18:37:45 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: hades.hell.gr: charon set sender to keramida@freebsd.org using -f Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 18:37:44 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Cydney Johnson Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UNIX INSTALLAION Message-ID: <20020307163744.GA4789@hades.hell.gr> References: <20020306231503.40054.qmail@web14505.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020306231503.40054.qmail@web14505.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i 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 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/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message