From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 20 11:20:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA25789 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:20:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from uswat.advtech.uswest.com (uswat.advtech.uswest.com [130.13.16.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA25784 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:20:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from egate.mnet.uswest.com ([151.116.23.138]) by uswat.advtech.uswest.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA09056; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:20:20 -0700 (MST) Received: from easthub (easthub.mnet.uswest.com [151.117.26.86]) by egate.mnet.uswest.com (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id MAA23719; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:20:19 -0700 (MST) Received: by easthub.mnet.uswest.com (M-Net Hub.951228) Received: from astro.acs.uswest.com by acs.uswest.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA05779; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 13:17:07 -0600 Received: from kermit by astro.acs.uswest.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA24087; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 13:16:26 -0600 Message-Id: <31505989.737D@uswest.com> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 13:16:25 -0600 From: "Paul T. Root" Organization: !nterprise Networking Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4m) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Black Mammoth Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium Drivers References: <3150224D.66B8@vt.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Black Mammoth wrote: > > I'm just learning UNIX and really don't know a whole lot. I have a Matrox Millenium w/4MB of WRAM and I had > to buy $100 drivers for X-Windows. I have the instructions here and I wasn't able to install it. Here are > the instructions that came with the drivers. > > BSDI BSD/386 1.1 Installation Instructions > > Required software > You must have installed the Core X11 Clients. You may also have installed any or all of: X11 Server, > X11 Developer, X11 Manual Pages, Misc. X11 Clients > > Installation. > Login as root > # cd /usr/X11/lib/X11 > Insert Diskett 1 of 2. > # gunzip < /dev/rfd0 | tar -xvf - XFree86 doesn't install in /usr/X11, it installs in /usr/X11R6. The easiest solution is to link the directories. ln -s /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11 > Well there are more instructions, but I don't get past that part. It says invalid directory. I would have to > check and see what the directory was. Obviously something isn't installed. My friend and I think we need to > install the stuff right above the "Installation. Login as root." Would I have to install that stuff from the > boot disk? Any help is appreciated. Thanks > > --Shaun > black_mammoth@vt.edu -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: ptroot@uswest.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030