Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 24 Mar 1995 17:40:39 -0700 (MST)
From:      Jason Boerner <chaos@rivers.oscs.montana.edu>
To:        justin.kuntz@ftscorp.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Xwindows
Message-ID:  <Pine.ULT.3.91.950324165638.20912B-100000@rivers.oscs.montana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9503231857.0QN0K00@ftscorp.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I assume that you now have XFree86 up and running?  If so, you may just 
need to log out and then log back in.  Even though a directory is in your 
path, the files will not be located for execution until you log back in 
again.  I believe that source .cshrc will also work.

On Thu, 23 Mar 1995 justin.kuntz@ftscorp.com wrote:

> 
> 
>   OK... I have installed FreeBSD v2.0 from Walnut Creek CD-ROM and I am trying
> to get XWindows to work.  Really I would like to get anything to work...
> 
>   The basic problem I am having is, I can't run any programs.  I go to the bin
> directories, see all these executables, and try typing their names (with exact
> case), but nothing ever happens.
> 
>   I am logging in as ROOT, because I don't know what else to log in as.  The LS
> command seems to say that we have Executable privileges... do you have any idea
> what is going on?
> 
>   Maybe if you could recommend where I could learn more general stuff about how
> to work FreeBSD.  I would very much appreciate it.
> 
>   Justin
> 



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.ULT.3.91.950324165638.20912B-100000>