X11 question

[Samuel Martín Moro]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Fred Boatwright <fred at blakemfg.com> wrote:

> pkg_info | grep xinit  doesn't return anything
>
then, you doesn't have installed xinit, and startx can't be here
pkg_add -rv xinit
and then, if it doesn't fail, try again:
rehash
which startx

> 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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