2009/12/12 andrew clarke <m...@ozzmosis.com>: > On Fri 2009-12-11 16:57:06 UTC-0500, Steven Friedrich (free...@insightbb.com) > wrote: > >> I installed FreeBSD to another partition, so I could check it out. >> I selected All sources and binaries and KDE4. >> >> When I tried startx, it complained that it didn't exist. >> It's just a script, so I copied it over from my 7.2p5 partition. >> Now it complains that xinit doesn't exist. >> >> Why didn't these two get laid-down by the install?? > > The dependencies for KDE4 probably don't go as far as requiring an X > server. Some machines run headless and so don't require an X server > (what startx runs) to be installed to run X apps.
Yeah, it'd be a _royal_ pain if KDE and GNOME depended on an X server. It'd defeat the whole client-server relationship! Sorry it's confusing for people who wouldn't use it like that.... Also, please don't use XFree86! It's defunct, and has an obnoxious licence. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
