From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 23 05:47:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4110A16A417 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:47:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pieter.baele@telenet.be) Received: from hoefnix.telenet-ops.be (hoefnix.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF41113C4E7 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:47:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pieter.baele@telenet.be) Received: from monty.telenet-ops.be (monty.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.56]) by hoefnix.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2E8E9C6F6 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:32:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by monty.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with SMTP id E5BCF54013; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:32:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.200] (d54C5D844.access.telenet.be [84.197.216.68]) by monty.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id A72035400C; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:32:50 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: From: Pieter Baele To: Jerry Breazeale In-Reply-To: <47965504.2080208@hemc.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:32:50 +0100 References: <47965504.2080208@hemc.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Xorg config X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:47:04 -0000 On 22 Jan 2008, at 21:41, Jerry Breazeale wrote: > Newbie question here. > I've followed the installation instructions in the book FreeBSD 6 > Unleashed and (finally) gotten it installed. Now I proceed to the > setting up of X, where the book says to log in as root, and type > Xorg -configure . I do that and get a response something like Xorg > command not known. During the installation, I selected Install it > all including X. This is version 6.3 by the way. And this is about > the 3rd or 4th attempt at installation on this HDD. Some help would > be appreciated. Just follow the steps in the online freebsd handbook. First try startx, if that doesn't work, X is really not installed. > > By the way, after each of the first couple attempts at > installation,during which I'd set up a separate /boot partition, I > couldn't get FreeBSD to boot from the HDD. The book had no caution > about not using a separate /boot partition, but that's what I found > to be causing the problem. I installed again but without a > separate /boot partition, and can now boot from the HDD. > > Jerry You decide which partition scheme to use. /boot is used on Linux. The default layout the freebsd installer proposes (A auto) is a very good one, especially when new to FBSD. Pieter Baele pieter.baele@telenet.be VIM has two modes. The one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesn't.