From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 11 00:32:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA20294 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 00:32:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA20258 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 00:31:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA27801; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:02:12 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602110832.TAA27801@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: WordPerfect install To: jason@scott.net (Jason Gilbert) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:02:11 +1030 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <311D948F.167EB0E7@scott.net> from "Jason Gilbert" at Feb 11, 96 01:02:39 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jason Gilbert stands accused of saying: > > I was just trying to install WP and have hit a snag. When the script > hits a point where it is starting the xwpinstall program it complains > about not being able to open /dev/XOR. I can't do a MAKEDEV for it. > I also can't find any install dirs. I don't think they were created. (this is from memory, apologies). Before you start installing xwp, do the following : touch /dev/socksys symlink /dev/X0R to /dev/null symlink /dev/ipx to /dev/null setenv DISPLAY localhost:0.0 (you may have to replace 'localhost' with the IP address of your system) > jason -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[