Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 23:05:19 +0800 From: "Travel 360" <travel_360@hotmail.com> To: "E. J. Cerejo" <ej.cerejo@laposte.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation Message-ID: <Law12-OE42GJiq26o4U0001444a@hotmail.com> 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> <3E92610C.90204@laposte.net>
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I was unable to upload the pkg directory, but I see in the directory there were many programs installed. I am unable to run any of them. like for example i cannot run elm either. I should just be able to run it by typing elm at the prompt but I am getting an error message. any help will be helpful. --Singh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. J. Cerejo" <ej.cerejo@laposte.net> To: "Sukhbinder Singh" <sukhbinders@hotmail.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 1:41 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation > 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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