On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 11:40:42AM -0000, prabir sarkar wrote: >sir, >here are the details of a peculiar problem that i am facing:- >it is x-86 solaris 9 machine. > /xfree86 folder contents:- > >extract >extract.exe >gnu-tar >Xbin.tgz >Xdoc.tgz >Xetc.tgz >Xfenc.tgz >Xfnts.tgz >Xinstall.sh >Xlib.tgz >Xman.tgz >Xmod.tgz >Xpdf.tgz >Xxserv.tgz > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >THE ERROR that i am facing (The Xinstall.sh script runs and given below is the >message):- >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Extracting Xetc.tgz into a temporary location... > >==Extracting /xfree86/Xetc.tgz== > >Do you want to overwrite the app-defaults config file? (y/n) y > >Installing the app-defaults config files... > >/xfree86/gnu-tar: Cannot change to directory .etctmp/X11/app-defaults: > >No such file or directory > >/xfree86/gni-tar: Error not recoverable, exiting > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >can u throw some light regarding this.. i have tried to create the folders manually >but still the same error crops up.
The Solaris binary dists are built with some different default settings than most others. I've modified the Xinstall.sh script to handle this. You can get the updated script from: ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.4.0/Xinstall.sh Let me know if that fixes the problem or not. David _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
