From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 14:00:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24E4E1065674 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:00:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9BFF8FC18 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:00:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadk27 with SMTP id k27so6808693iad.13 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:00:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=I65iMcE3jC5l9q2cqPASnxKtWGGvhIhza8Gj5hTpqnU=; b=Uar/EQDHVCifZfJ6vUefnSNClp7vEpqEYSKouTcbJcroAMb/ASnbu/5MzvR0tAuSm8 b5UaJHCo3dGTEob4JgUFrf3KhaPzURxXdxXHICDkqUOooHQakM0WSmZjwiKeG2kPjQgb wwjwL12ffqbSPT2xPBtCzI1jnpeeMO9kjqqgE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.158.72 with SMTP id g8mr2655830icx.145.1316354439083; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:00:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.177.199 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:00:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:00:39 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: How does one install kernel sources and base X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:00:41 -0000 Dear folks, I have installed 9.0 - BETA 2, and I had no x, when I typed startx, some folks have suggested to check if I have xorg-server, I will do that as soon as I get to my machine on Monday. Also I will check if I put into /etc/rc.conf, hald_enable="YES" and dbus_enable="YES" as well, otherwise startx will not work. But my question is as follows, How do I get kernel sources and base installed? I tried sysinstall and used configure -> distributions -> kernel + sys + base as outlined in http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-install-kernel-source-code/ Did not work, got mirrors but timed out errors, I went through most mirrors in Japan, Sweden, USA, and it appears not to be found. I tried bsdinstall and reinserted 9.0-BETA2-amd64-dvd1 into drive and it would not mount and would return an error. I have read about using cvs or something like it, but I have not used it and would like some pointers on how to use it, or other form that would work to install kernel sources so I could try nvidia-driver since X was not working and nv driver is too old and might not work as one would like it to. Thanks in Advance for comments/advice/suggestions. Regards, Antonio