Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 01:41:32 -0400 From: "E. J. Cerejo" <ej.cerejo@laposte.net> To: Sukhbinder Singh <sukhbinders@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation Message-ID: <3E92610C.90204@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> <3E920278.8070104@laposte.net> <BAY2-DAV548TtEvzoxJ0006c30b@hotmail.com>
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Please run this command: ls -d /var/db/pkg > ~/installed_pkgs.txt this will create a test file in your home directory of all installed ports, please paste the contents, I wanna see what you have installed. Sukhbinder Singh wrote: > I typed xf86config and the system took me to a step of X configuration and > the updated the config file in the X11 directory. However, when I typed > startx at the command prompt. It gives me a lengthy message where some of > the important part of the messeage read as " fatal server error, no screen > found" and X window system failed to run. any help in troubleshooting this > will be helpful. > > -Singh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: E. J. Cerejo <ej.cerejo@laposte.net> > To: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> > Cc: Sukhbinder Singh <sukhbinders@hotmail.com>; David Banning > <david@skytracker.ca>; <questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 6:58 AM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation > > > >>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" >>> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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