From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 8 17: 9:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BC8F1523D for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 17:09:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA39389; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:13:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199911090113.UAA39389@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: No luck installing X-distribution with Sysinstall (3.3-Release) In-Reply-To: from Marty Poulin at "Nov 8, 1999 02:56:58 pm" To: mpoulin@honk.org (Marty Poulin) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:13:09 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Marty Poulin wrote, > > Hi, > > I have been trying to install the X-distribution for 3.3-Release > unsuccessfully for the past couple of weeks. The entire system instalok > except for X - when I try to run XF86Setup I get the error "Command not > found" and there is no directory under /usr for X. > > I have tried installing it the following ways: > > 1. from a CD I created from the latest ISO image: > - ran a "Novice" installation > - chose the "X-Developer" distribution > - chose the appropriate X servers, fonts, etc, > - the installation completed without setting up X. > Upon reboot, I discoverd that X wasn't installed at all. > > 2. From /stand/sysinstall: > - chose "Configure" > - chose "Distributions" > - selected "XFree86" > - again, selected all of the appropriate servers, fonts, etc. > - chose the installation media (cdrom this time) > - the screen blinks, then I get bounced back to the main Configure > menu. > > 3. From /stand/sysinstall (again - I figured at this point there was a > problem with the CD) > - same steps as Step 2, but chose FTP as the installation media. > - the result was the same. > > 4. After messing about with many different things, I tried a fresh > installation, this time via FTP. I made sure to choose the "X-Developer" > distribution. The result was the same as in step 1. > > I am giving up on the sysinstall utility for installing X -it obviously > isn't going to work for me, so it looks like I'm stuck installing it from > the ports collection - but can anyone offer any ideas as to why this is > happening? Am I the only one to have this problem? How much disk space in /usr is there for X? Anyway, take your CD, load it up, and go to the XF86333 directory. Type, # sh preinst.sh You may or may not get asked some questions depending on how your system is presently set up. Then, # cp extract /tmp/extract; chmod 700 /tmp/extract; /tmp/extract (Is there an easier way to do that?) Once you get through that, # sh postinst.sh At least this way, any errors in extraction get written to the terminal. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message