Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 18:58:00 -0400 From: "E. J. Cerejo" <ej.cerejo@laposte.net> To: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> Cc: Sukhbinder Singh <sukhbinders@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation Message-ID: <3E920278.8070104@laposte.net> References: <BAY2-DAV73e4zadTMVw00060954@hotmail.com> <20030405012315.A92644@skytrackercanada.com> <BAY2-DAV5SAH2JZZJfw00061226@hotmail.com> <20030405021720.B93482@skytrackercanada.com> <BAY2-DAV43pcXYfkHRG000577c8@hotmail.com> <20030405164107.A9466@skytrackercanada.com> <BAY2-DAV24lyg35sQtg00063377@hotmail.com> <20030407002050.A33915@skytrackercanada.com> <BAY2-DAV26PXCFbN4TZ000686f6@hotmail.com> <3E912280.2060908@laposte.net> <20030407102846.A6906@skytrackercanada.com> <BAY2-DAV9VLEFN03a5s00069a31@hotmail.com> <oprm93o5jt0cf2rk@localhost>
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You need to configure XFfree86 before attepting to run it, run xf86config to configure and then stype startx. Jud wrote: > On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 23:00:52 +0800, Sukhbinder Singh > <sukhbinders@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> I downloaded the port, packages and the distributions that I needed. >> However, I am unable to run these packages. Like for instances, I want to >> run the X - Windows environment. I am unable to run it. I went to the >> specific directory for example the XFree86 - 4 directory and typed >> "make && >> make install clean" at the command prompt but however I am unable to >> get the >> X - windows environment running. > > > If this means ppp is working for you now, that's certainly good news. > > What was the result of trying to build the XFree86-4 port? Was there an > error message or not? If there was no error, you will next need to > configure XFree86 for your system. (By the way, 'make install clean' > will do what you want, without the need of the first 'make.') > > Jud > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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