Glad to hear it's fixed. I'm damn glad to hear it was as simple as that :) On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 19:23, marek.sleczka@optusnet.com.au wrote: > Hi Maxwell, > > It turned out that my /usr/X11 directory wasn't in the PATH. Thanks for your help. > > Marek. > > Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:19:09 -0400 (EDT) > From: Maxwell Bottiger <sleepylight@jive-turkey.net> > To: newbie@XFree86.Org > Subject: Re: cannot startx > Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org > > There are two probable explanations. Either startx is not installed (or > built) or it may not be on your path. Although my X came pre-compiled you > can try looking for the executable under /usr/X11R6/bin (That's where mine > is). Try typing /usr/X11R6/bin/startx to load X. > > Another (remote) possiblity is that for whatever reason startx doesn't > have the executable bit turned on. If the file is there and it still says > "command not found" you can always run "chmod 744 /usr/X11R6/bin/startx" > as root to make it executable. > > If the file is just plain not there someone else will have to help you. > > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 marek.sleczka@optusnet.com.au wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I have installed Linux Gentoo 1.2 on my machine. Then I downloaded all Xfree > > binaries and installed X using Xinstall.sh. However when trying to run startx > I get > > a message "command not found". > > I would appreciate any help. > > > > > > Marek. > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
