Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 15:55:21 +0100 From: Yann Golanski <yann@kierun.org> To: Brian McCann <bjm1287@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Goofed up X-Install Message-ID: <20020902145521.GA22391@kierun.org> In-Reply-To: <000801c25290$47573120$2e00a8c0@dogbert> References: <000801c25290$47573120$2e00a8c0@dogbert>
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Quoth Brian McCann on Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:51:52 -0400
> Hi everyone. I think I screwed up my X-Windows install and need a hand
> fixing it. I figured that since the ports collection installs all
> pre-reqs for you, if I went to /usr/ports/x11/kde3 and ran make, it
> would put in everything I need...man was I wrong. When I run "startx", I
> get and error that it can't find xinit, and when I try running "XFree86
> -configure", it can't find it. Anyone know how/what I have to install
> to recover from this? I assume I probably can just run a make on
> /usr/ports/x11/XFree86, but I don't want to make a bad situation worse.
Yes, you need XFree86 installed. Look at the web page for which
graphics card you have and install the version that supports it --
either 4 or 3.
After that you'll need to set X up, which can be tricky. Use the rather
good /stand/sysinstall method and it should work well. You need to
configure a mouse, keyboard, screen (monitor) and graphics cards.
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