From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 3 08:45:38 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id IAA10071 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 08:45:38 -0700 Received: from campino.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.225.2]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA10062 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 08:45:29 -0700 Received: from gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de by campino.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (4.1/campino-8) id AA26287; Mon, 3 Jul 95 17:45:09 +0200 Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.6.8/8.6.9) id RAA19368; Mon, 3 Jul 1995 17:58:41 +0200 Message-Id: <199507031558.RAA19368@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Subject: Re: X To: Nik.Clayton@brunel.ac.uk (Nik Clayton) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 17:58:41 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com (user alias) In-Reply-To: <18785.9507031036@molnir.brunel.ac.uk> from "Nik Clayton" at Jul 3, 95 11:36:44 am From: Christoph Kukulies Reply-To: Christoph Kukulies X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1420 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > More an X problem, but someone else might have seen it. > > I've just installed 2.0.5 (latest SNAP) and X86 3.1.1. > > However, if do 'startx' after instlaling X, it complains that xinit > can't find the server. Specifically, that 'X' is no in my path. Just guessing: X is a symbolic link to the appropriate X server you want to use. if X is there (the symbolic link) but the executable it is linked to, e.g. XF86_SVGA then which X will return /usr/X11R6/bin/X but trying to execute /usr/X11R6/bin/X will result in /usr/X11R6/bin/X: Command not found. when the executable isn't there. > > This despite the fact that /usr/X11R6/bin is definitely in the path, and > both "which X" and "which XF86_SVGA" return the correct locations. In > addition, I can do "startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X" and it works correctly. > > So it's not exactly a life threatening problem, but a bit of a curiosity > none the less. > > N > =-[Opinion, n: See the above text for an example]=-=[Kibo #: e]-[RYRYRY]=-= > =-[The Silly Sod Society: To perfect and to swerve]=-[beable]-=[TP U BG]=-= > Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery > of another. > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de FreeBSD blues.physik.rwth-aachen.de 2.0-BUILT-19950701 FreeBSD 2.0-BUILT- 19950701 #0: Sat Jul 1 15:37:15 1995 kuku@monk.physik.rwth-aachen.d e:/usr/src/sys/compile/BLUESGUS i386