X11 question

[Fred Boatwright]

Indeed you are right.  I installed xinit from ports but something didn't
happen as it should have.  I tried again using pkg_add as you suggested
and startx does exist now.

I installed olvwm several days ago and it did not pull in the xorg stuff
also.

Thanks for the help!

Best regards,
Fred

Samuel Martín Moro wrote:
> 
> 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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