From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 5 10:11:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01514 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:11:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zephyr.cybercom.net (zephyr.cybercom.net [209.21.146.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA01468 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:11:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ksmm@threespace.com) Received: from shell1.cybercom.net (ksmm@shell1.cybercom.net [209.21.136.6]) by zephyr.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA10991; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:11:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (ksmm@localhost) by shell1.cybercom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA19110; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:11:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: shell1.cybercom.net: ksmm owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:11:15 -0400 (EDT) From: The Classiest Man Alive X-Sender: ksmm@shell1.cybercom.net To: Marty Poulin cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing X In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You didn't specify exactly what problem you had running xf86config or XF86Setup, but one of the problems I had my first time through was simply not having /usr/X11R6/bin in my PATH. I use the bash shell, so I just added this to my .profile; other shells may use it or .login or .cshrc or something like that. Try adding that directory to your PATH and see if it helps. Good luck, K.S. On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Marty Poulin wrote: : : Hello, : : I am very new to FreeBSD, and I am wondering if there is a good step-by : step instruction on installing X Window system on FreeBSD? : : I thought I specified that I wanted to run X during the installation : (2.2.6 release), but I am unable to run XF86Setup or xf86config. : : I read the documentation from xfree86.org and the X Window System section : of the FAQ, but it is no help to me at this point since I can't even run : the setup program. : : It's very likely that I messed up during the installation on my system. : (I chose a custom installation and selected what I thought were the : appropriate X components) Would I be better starting over from scratch : and selecting one of the pre-built X Window installations instead? : I don't have too much invested in my system right now, so it won't be : too much of a loss to start over. : : If someone can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly : appreciated. : : Thanks. : : ================== Quotefile(c) 1997 Martin Poulin ===================== : : A man said to the universe:"Sir, I exist." "However" replied the universe, : "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation." - Stephan Crane : : : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org : with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message