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From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: Building X server from source on FreeBSD
Date: 13 May 1996 00:53:35 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD Box
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In article <4n5co5$92i@linet06.li.net>, John W. Carbone <jwc@li.net> wrote:
>After FTP'ing X312servonly.tgz, I'm trying to build the server from
>source, with no success. After untarring X312servonly.tgz, and 
>as per the instructions in "INSTALL" from ftp.xfree86.org,
>I make changes to config/cf/xf86site.def, and in xc/programs/Xserver
>I do:
>	xmkmf
>	make Makefile
>	make Makefiles
>	make depend
>	make
>which fails.
>
>I suspect that I am not configuring the xf86site.def correctly.

Possibly, but I don't think that's your main problem.

>"make Makefiles" returns:
>...
>making Makefiles in ./workInProgress/lbx/programs/Xserver/lbx...
>cd: can't cd to ./workInProgress/lbx/programs/Xserver/lbx

This indicates that either you do not have a directory called
./workInProgress/lbx/programs/Xserver/lbx in the directory you are
compiling in, or the permissions on it do not permit you to access
it. (Probably the latter).

Are you meant to compile this as root?

-- 
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
jraynard@dial.pipex.com
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk