About ports dist
Hi.. I have 2 very quick questions/comment about installation from the FreeBSD CDs, and X-window: When I try to install the X.org distribution, it sends an error message that says it cannot find the packages/INDEX on the specified media. I checked on the CD 2, and there it is, the full ports collection, but the index file is named INDEX-5 instead of INDEX, so I think it might be the problem. If someone knows how to install all ports from the CDs, can you tell me to this mail, I will be very thankful for it..! The second question is: when I execute 'Xorg' at the prompt, it starts the graphics display, but I have no windows nor desktops, nothing but the mouse pointer. Do I have to install something else ? (Maybe from ports collection - which one?) I am relatively new to UNIX, my platform is i386, I downloaded the ISO CD images from the ftp site and I burned those images to the CDs (I see the files/dirs on the CD, not the ISO file itself) Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: About ports dist
Martin Gonzalez wrote: When I try to install the X.org distribution, it sends an error message that says it cannot find the packages/INDEX on the specified media. I checked on the CD 2, and there it is, the full ports collection, but the index file is named INDEX-5 instead of INDEX, so I think it might be the problem. If someone knows how to install all ports from the CDs, can you tell me to this mail, I will be very thankful for it..! if your machine is connected to the internet you can try : cd /usr/ports ; make fetchindex The second question is: when I execute 'Xorg' at the prompt, it starts the graphics display, but I have no windows nor desktops, nothing but the mouse pointer. Do I have to install something else ? (Maybe from ports collection - which one?) try : Xorg -configure that should give you a temp. config-file to test, and if that is working fine copy that config-file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf (make sure you install a windowmanager (e.g. icewm, fluxbox) or a desktop-environment like e.g. KDE, Gnome or xfce4) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: About ports dist
On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 12:36:59PM -0600, Martin Gonzalez wrote: Hi.. I have 2 very quick questions/comment about installation from the FreeBSD CDs, and X-window: When I try to install the X.org distribution, it sends an error message that says it cannot find the packages/INDEX on the specified media. I checked on the CD 2, and there it is, the full ports collection, but the index file is named INDEX-5 instead of INDEX, so I think it might be the problem. Looks like you're trying to install packages, not ports. You forgot to mention which ISO image you used (some don't have packages, and there are only a handful of packages on the disc 1 image). You also forgot to mention which version of FreeBSD you're using. Kris P.S. Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily read. pgpEdi1V7SSNI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: About ports dist
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:46:01AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 12:36:59PM -0600, Martin Gonzalez wrote: Hi.. I have 2 very quick questions/comment about installation from the FreeBSD CDs, and X-window: When I try to install the X.org distribution, it sends an error message that says it cannot find the packages/INDEX on the specified media. I checked on the CD 2, and there it is, the full ports collection, but the index file is named INDEX-5 instead of INDEX, so I think it might be the problem. Looks like you're trying to install packages, not ports. You forgot to mention which ISO image you used (some don't have packages, and there are only a handful of packages on the disc 1 image). You also forgot to mention which version of FreeBSD you're using. Kris P.S. Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily read. P.P.S. Your clock is wrong. pgp60spZgzhqy.pgp Description: PGP signature
