From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 2 8:19:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 588D937B400 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 08:19:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net (sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net [65.242.152.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E618043E77 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 08:19:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpb@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net) Received: by sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 41452107A3; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:19:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:19:14 -0400 From: Jim Brown To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Goofed up X-Install Message-ID: <20020902151914.GA93281@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <000801c25290$47573120$2e00a8c0@dogbert> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000801c25290$47573120$2e00a8c0@dogbert> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Brian McCann [2002-09-02 10:52]: > Hi everyone. I think I screwed up my X-Windows install and need a hand > fixing it. I figured that since the ports collection installs all > pre-reqs for you, if I went to /usr/ports/x11/kde3 and ran make, it > would put in everything I need...man was I wrong. When I run "startx", I > get and error that it can't find xinit, and when I try running "XFree86 > -configure", it can't find it. Anyone know how/what I have to install > to recover from this? I assume I probably can just run a make on > /usr/ports/x11/XFree86, but I don't want to make a bad situation worse. > Do you have a fully populated /usr/X11R6/* tree? If so, check that xinit and friends are in /usr/X11R6/bin. If not, download and install via ports, or from the XFree86 website. Also check that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your PATH. If you need to configure XFree86, first try the ASCII terminal version: /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config. It's simple and doesn't require any graphics to get started. You must know your card, monitor and mouse specifics. Remember to copy the config file to /etc/XF11/XF86Config before starting X. Good luck! HTH, jpb === > Thanks, > --Brian > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message