On Tuesday 20 January 2004 01:21, Greg Donald wrote:
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> Krikket wrote:
> | Okay, I finally got to the point of installing Xwindows.
> |
> | I get to the point where I run the xFontServer and...
> | I run "rc-update add xfs default", "/etc/init.d/xfs start", without
> | a problem, but get a file not found error when I try "startx".
> |
> | I know xfs is running, because I get the message that it starts,
> | and I can stop (and/or) start the process without a problem.
> |
> | Any thoughts as to why I'm not able to find "startx"?  My first
> | guess is that my $PATH needs to be edited, but I'll be damned if I
> | know how to go about that...  Pointers would be greatly
> | appreciated!
> |
> | which startx
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
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> You can safely alter PATH like:
> export PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin

Or he could logout and then login, which would source the new 
environment.

or simply

env-update && . /etc/profile

Should do it.


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