X11 question

[Fred Boatwright]

pkg_info | grep xinit  doesn't return anything
rehash
which startx
startx: Command not found

whereis X
X: /usr/local/bin/X

pkg_which /usr/local/bin/X
pkg_which:  Command not found

Oliver:  I used your porgle tool to find pkg_which and will install it
later. Porgle appears to be a very useful tool.

I installed x11-servers/xorg-server but maybe should have installed Xorg
instead.  However, from looking at the pkg-descr for xorg it looks like
it will install a huge amount of software that will not get used.  I am
reluctant to do this.  I have installed 8.0-RELEASE from the CD and I
want to run olvwm for a desktop.  I have been using Solaris 2.6 with the
OpenWindows desktop for 12 years and consider it to be as close to
perfection as one can get.  I am being forced, kicking and screaming, to
move to some other type of Unix on a PC and would like to continue using
OpenWindows.  It is probably going to be an uphill battle to get olvwm
to work.  Am I going to have to install xorg to get everything needed?

Best regards,
Fred

Tim Kellers wrote:
> 
> Fred,
> 
>  From man startx(1):
> 
> SEE ALSO
>         xinit(1), X(7), Xserver(1), Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5)
> 
> Try:
> 
> # whereis X
> 
> If X is installed, it should return:
> 
> # X: /usr/local/bin/X
> 
> pkg_which if X is installed should return:
> 
> # pkg_which /usr/local/bin/X
> 
> xorg-server-1.7.5,1
> 
> If it doesn't, then the full X server isn't installed:
> 
> Try:
> 
> # whereis xorg
> 
> xorg: /usr/ports/x11/xorg
> 
> If xorg isn't installed, cd to:
> 
> /usr/ports/x11/xorg
> 
> and
> 
> make config-recursive  (If you add any options, run make
> config-recursive a second time after the shell prompt returns)
> 
> and then
> 
> make install clean
> 
> HTH
> 
> Tim Kellers
> 
> On 08/12/10 15:40, Fred Boatwright wrote:
> > Hi Oliver and Tim,
> >
> > I installed xinit but startx still doesn't exist.  whereis returns
> > nothing and man startx returns nothing.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > Tim Kellers wrote:
> >
> >> /usr/ports/x11/xinit
> >>
> >> On my system (with X, obviously, already installed):
> >>
> >> beta# whereis startx
> >>
> >> startx: /usr/local/bin/startx /usr/local/man/man1/startx.1.gz
> >>
> >> beta# pkg_which /usr/local/bin/startx
> >>
> >> xinit-1.2.0
> >>
> >> beta# whereis xinit
> >>
> >> xinit: /usr/local/bin/xinit /usr/local/man/man1/xinit.1.gz
> >> /usr/ports/x11/xinit
> >>
> >> I' m not certain about the p5/Perl TK questions, but in the file:
> >> /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/p5-Tk/pkg-descr
> >> there is this description:
> >>
> >> This a re-port of a perl interface to Tk8.4 (John Ousterhout's production
> >> release).
> >>
> >> Perl API is essentially the same as Tk800.025 but has not
> >> been verified as compliant.
> >>
> >> It also includes all the C code parts of Tix8.1.4 from SourceForge.
> >> The perl code corresponding to Tix's Tcl code is not fully implemented.
> >>
> >> This version (Tk804.025) is only likely to work with perl5.8+.
> >>
> >> Tim Kellers
> >>
> >> On 08/12/10 12:02, Fred Boatwright wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> Where would I find startx?  I assume it is part one of the ports under
> >>> X11
> >>> but I don't want to install all of them to find it.
> >>>
> >>> Also, is p5-Tk the same as Perl/Tk?
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> Fred
> >>>
> 
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