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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: "Alan W. Trulock" <FredI@worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Getting XFree86 for 2.2.1 Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 20:27:05 -0500 Organization: ...ought never be organized... Lines: 27 Message-ID: <33406467.41C67EA6@worldnet.att.net> References: <333B4527.446B9B3D@FreeBSD.org> <zPQqgMD4F99aez8@rb.xs.use.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.116.64.176 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38159 Reto Burkhalter wrote: I have never tryied installing XFree as a package, port, ort distribution. I download the files from the XFree ftp site and install as per their instructions. Works good. --Al > > >> Jordan K. > >> 27.03.1997 > > > klaus wrote: > > > > > > I did a clean install of 2.2.1 last night and am now trying to get > > > XFree86 using the get packages option in sysinstall. It comes up in > > > > Don't get XFree86 as a package, get it as a Distribution (see the > > relevant item in the configuration menu). Be sure to select *Custom* > > when you go through the distributions screen again. > > Or else it destroys my /etc?? > > I'm not quite sure, but I thought I have chosen Custom, then installed > the X. The funny thing is, it also installed the bin distribution and > destroyed my /etc... (I like backup...) > > Reto