Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 02:10:29 -0500 From: Bob Johnson <bobj@atlantic.net> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: documentation problem, imho Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991122021029.009306b0@rio.atlantic.net> In-Reply-To: <c=US%a=_%p=USDA%l=USDANT299112119035YMQRLDC@gainesville.us da.ufl.edu>
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At 02:03 PM 11/21/1999 -0500, I wrote: >At 01:54 AM 11/21/1999 -0500, Todd Doucet wrote: >>2. From within /stand/sysinstall, I selected >> the "X Developer" item. When I'm all >> finished with this item, nothing happens. >> I'm just returned to the Index. I am at >> a loss to figure out what I'm supposed to do. > >I don't particularly want to re-configure my system to >test this, but I think you were almost there. > >If you select "Custom" and then "Distributions", you can >then select the "X Developer" distribution. I gather this >is what you did. After you exit from that menu, you need >to select "Commit" to have it actually perform the >installation of the new distribution. This is a bad idea. It wipes out the root password, and other nasty things. If you find this in the archives, don't do it! >Also, the "correct" way to do this is to select "Configure" >from the main menu, then "Distributions", and then select >the X-Developer distribution. When I do that on my system, >X isn't a choice (at all). It does seem that there may Well, duh. The problem here is that you have to scroll the list up to see "XFree86" as a choice. Maybe instead of the subtle little arrow to indicate that there is more to the list, the last entry in the list should be "more..." to indicate that there is more. That would make it more likely to be noticed by those of us who didn't get enough sleep. But of course that belongs on another list... -- Bob (I'm a real pretty shade of red right now.) +-------------------------------------------------------- | Bob Johnson | bobj@cisi.com +-------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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