Starting X - was Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot

Siraj Shaikh siraj.shaikh at gmail.com
Tue Jan 29 12:17:20 PST 2008


On 29/01/2008, doug <doug at fledge.watson.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Siraj Shaikh wrote:
>
> > One question: I have just installed FreeBSD 6.3, and tried "startx"
> > but it isnt coming up, giving some sort of error. Am I missing
> > something here? I did choose for "Windows X" during the FreeBSD setup
> > - shall I do a port upgrade?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> This is really a new thread. The handbook Chapter 5, The X Window System has the
> steps to follow. If your video card is support, it will just work.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-install.html
>
>

I installed FreeBSD 6.3 and asked for X during the step. The link only
shows me how to add the X package. Shall I add the package right on
top now, or shall I remove X first, and then install the port/package
after that?

Thanks


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