From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 22 16:22:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nyc.rr.com (nycsmtp1fb.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.99.76]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A04137B406 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 16:22:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (apparently) from equinox ([24.168.44.136]) by nyc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.357.35); Sat, 22 Sep 2001 19:22:07 -0400 Message-ID: <003001c143bd$77c89ac0$9865fea9@equinox> From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" To: "Sending Correspondence" , References: Subject: Re: Question on installing X Windows ... ref:FreeBSD Documentation Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 19:22:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 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 The FreeBSD installer (/stand/sysinstall) should allow you to install XFree86 at boot time, or you can install it later from the same place. -- Jonathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sending Correspondence" To: Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 7:18 PM Subject: Re: Question on installing X Windows ... ref:FreeBSD Documentation > > Can you please help.... > For your time, I offer to write a proper documentation, adequately > structured and organized, methodically written, in order to assist others > that will no doubt encounter the same problem. > > I started with FreeBSD some 3 months ago. I have managed to install > the operating system about 10 times successfully. However, I have > wasted 2 and half months on the X Windows Server installation. > > I'm running (on 4 year old Dells) Pentium 266, 64Mb, S3 Trio+V chipset, > standard Sony multiscan trinitron 17" - > > The operating system is the FreeBSD 4.3 stable - and I have installed > all the ports (in the /usr/ports/). > > I can NOT figure out how to install the XFree86. > > I have visited and read the entire documentation of the xfree86.org's > on its web site - with all respects - the documentation sucks. It > can not articulately describe the most basic things and must create a > nightmare of complexity in order to be consumed by its arrogance for > its gigantic achievements. > > Based on what I can understand, the FreeBSD 4.3 with the S3 chipset > is not compatible with the XFree86 4.x.x Server - which comes > standard with the packages/ports. > > I could not successfully install the XFree86 4.x.x. on my server. > > I resorted to the XFree86 3.3.6 without success. Finding it was a > nightmare of a task just to search for it on the /stand/sysinstall of the > FreeBSD. It still does not work. No documentation that makes sense > illustrating where to start and where to finish. > > Can you help by providing a sensible step-by-step guide for installing > the X Windows Server on my server? > > > > >From: "Georgina O. Economou" > >To: "Sending Correspondence" , > >, > >CC: > >Subject: Re: Question on installing X Windows ... ref:FreeBSD Documentation > >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 21:13:29 -0400 > > > >This is being sent on to our public list, XPERT, where support questions > >are > >generally handled. > >Webmaster, unfortunately, does not have the requisite knowledge to answer > >your questions. > > > >Regards > >Georgina@Webmaster > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Sending Correspondence" > >To: ; ; > > > >Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:50 PM > >Subject: Question on installing X Windows ... ref:FreeBSD Documentation > > > > > > > I am new to FreeBSD, and have had challenges with installing X Windows > > > Server on my successfully installed FreeBSD 4.x Stable, from the > > > ftp.FreeBSD.org site. > > > > > > When installing the X Windows Server (4.1.0) from the Port/Package on > >the > > > /stand/sysinstall tool on the FreeBSD - my computer halts and nothing > >moves > > > until I reboot. > > > > > > Checking the documentation - both FreeBSD and the XFree86.org, the > >problem > > > seems to be that the XFree86 4.x.x. does not support the S3Trio+ chipset > >of > > > my video card - however - the FreeBSD site *only* includes the XFree86 > >4.x, > > > and there is no mention of the XFree86 3.3.6 - > > > > > > However, giving up with installing the XFree 3.3.6 from the > >ports/packages > > > of the FreeBSD, and attempting to install the XFree86 3.3.6 from the > > > www.XFree86.org, there is another problem. The XFree86 3.3.6 is only > > > available for FreeBSD 3.x - and not the FreeBSD 4.x > > > > > > Can any one tell me how to install a XFree86 4.0.1 on FreeBSD 4.x with > >S3 > > > chipset? > > > > > > Can any one tell me where I can find the XFree86 3.3.6 for FreeBSD 4.x > >with > > > S3 chipset? > > > > > > If not - then what do people do short of changing their video cards? > > > > > > Is there a better way of making sure in the future that someone doesn't > >go > > > through this for a month before they get to this point? > > > > > > Can any one assist? > > > > > > Thank you and kind regards > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message