Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:07:02 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@ptavv.es.net> To: Jud <jud@operamail.com> Cc: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No X for user - RTFM Message-ID: <20020116050702.97AC05D13@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:10:34 EST." <9652IHRNSRIE1ZOKNIHGZWT8686OKRN.3c44c4fa@sparky>
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> From: Jud <jud@operamail.com> > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:10:34 -0500 > > 1/15/2002 4:00:11 PM, "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@ptavv.es.net> > wrote: > > >> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:50:26 +0100 > >> From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> > >> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 07:59:43AM +0100, Roman Neuhauser > wrote: > >> > >> xwrapper is in the ports, under the name "wrapper". > >> You dont run it directly when it is installed, it is > >> for use with "startx". > >> > >> It won;t compile unless you have > >> > >> XFREE86_VERSION=4 > >> > >> In your environment. > >> This is supposed to happen if you put this line /etc/rc.conf > >> It doesn't appear to work in 4.5-RC. > >> So I just set it and export it into the shell by hand. > >> Then it works. > > > >It goes in /etc/make.conf, not rc.conf. > > Easiest way to get yourself an /etc/make.conf file is to > cp /etc/defaults/make.conf /etc > > Then uncomment the lines you want, one of which happens to be > XFREE86_VERSION=4 This is a VERY bad thing to do and defeats the entire point in creating the defaults directory. When the system changes require changes to any default, they are installed automatically. Anything in the /etc files will override anything in the defaults file. If you copy a defaults file into /etc, you break this and risk problems when you upgrade the system. A single line in /etc/make.conf is the correct way to do this. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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