From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 20 17:39:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA23867 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 17:39:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from DGS.dgsys.com (root@dgs.dgsys.com [204.97.64.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA23862 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 17:39:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from justine.elastica.com by DGS.dgsys.com (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA21761; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 20:37:53 -0500 Received: (from robert@localhost) by justine.elastica.com (8.7.4/8.7.3) id UAA02539; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 20:37:02 -0500 (EST) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium Drivers References: <3150224D.66B8@vt.edu> From: robert@elastica.com (Robert Nicholson) Date: 20 Mar 1996 20:36:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: Black Mammoth's message of Wed, 20 Mar 1996 10:20:45 -0500 Message-Id: Organization: x Lines: 35 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk writes: >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 - >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 Are you sure you don't have the FreeBSD section of the Accelerated X instructions? Or which the above _isn't_ -- "Under the circumstances I will sit down." (PGP key: send email with Subject: request pgp key)