From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 17 20:39:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA17016 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 20:39:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA17003 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 20:39:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@xmission.com) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id VAA11242; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 21:57:53 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 21:57:53 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199711180457.VAA11242@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: "Jason Morrow" CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: newbie questions In-Reply-To: <01bcf3b0$58339360$3e438cd1@gamer.hexen.com> References: <01bcf3b0$58339360$3e438cd1@gamer.hexen.com> Reply-To: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jason Morrow writes: > all replies to gribnif@inconnect.com As a general note, questions about basic use of FreeBSD should be directed to questions@freebsd.org, *not* to the stable mailing list. > Also, when trying to run X, it says "make sure that X is in your path > or try the -- option." I tried the '--' option and it's in my path. It > sill does not work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Try running 'startx' or 'xinit'. Either one will help you greatly, and will give you a default environment that is more workable than just running the X server. If X works reliably when running either startx or xinit, you should consider using the X Display Manager, or xdm. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com