Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:46:07 -0500 From: "Mike" <mike@sixpak.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD 4.2 and X Message-ID: <001801c0827a$60a63460$020aa8c0@sixpak.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I've tried installing from CD (4.0) I've tried installing from ftp (4.2) I've tried installing the 5.0 current ... and in each case somehow the installation goes wacked when it comes to X. Everytime I try to run XF86Setup it pauses for 30 seconds and tells me it can't initialize the (X) server. What I WANT to do is install minimally, adding things as I learn and grow, not have everything but the kitchen sink installed and then try to make sense of it. But whenever it comes to X, I'm cursed. One time I got it running correctly, but somehow I ended up with parts of XFree 3.3.3 and XFree4.0 mixed up. It was a confusing mess. So I'm starting over for the 20th+ time. Is anyone else having install problems with X? What kind of install are you doing (I'm doing X-User, maybe I should go with developer to get source files?) and what version of FreeBSD are you using? (I'm TRYING to get 4.2 to work) Any help appreciated. Mike [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tried installing from CD (4.0)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tried installing from ftp (4.2)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tried installing the 5.0 current</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and in each case somehow the installation goes wacked when it comes to X.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Everytime I try to run XF86Setup it pauses for 30 seconds and tells me it can't initialize the (X) server.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What I WANT to do is install minimally, adding things as I learn and grow, not have everything but the kitchen sink installed and then try to make sense of it. But whenever it comes to X, I'm cursed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One time I got it running correctly, but somehow I ended up with parts of XFree 3.3.3 and XFree4.0 mixed up. It was a confusing mess. So I'm starting over for the 20th+ time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is anyone else having install problems with X? What kind of install are you doing (I'm doing X-User, maybe I should go with developer to get source files?) and what version of FreeBSD are you using? (I'm TRYING to get 4.2 to work)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any help appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>help
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