nedit problem

2011-02-05 Thread Fred Boatwright
Hello, After updating all ports on 8.1-RELEASE, nedit has a problem. The right mouse button works ok in the toolbar but if it is pressed in the text area, for example to copy a block of text, the cursor changes shape and the X session becomes completely locked up. I have to stop X and restart it

firefox install problem

2010-08-09 Thread Fred Boatwright
Hello, I have installed FreeBSD-8.0 from the CD and have it running ok. I have installed several packages including thunderbird using pkg_add -r package_name. When I try to install firefox I get a file unavailable error. The web site shows firefox-3.6.8,1 is available (i386). What can I do to

Re: firefox install problem

2010-08-10 Thread Fred Boatwright
ld be very difficult to deal with manually. Best regards, Fred Steven Susbauer wrote: > > On 08/09/10 22:17, Fred Boatwright wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have installed FreeBSD-8.0 from the CD and have it running ok. I have > > installed several packages including thund

X11 question

2010-08-12 Thread Fred Boatwright
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fr

Re: X11 question

2010-08-12 Thread Fred Boatwright
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

Re: X11 question

2010-08-12 Thread Fred Boatwright
r 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 a

Re: X11 question

2010-08-12 Thread Fred Boatwright
Fred Samuel Martín Moro wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Fred Boatwright 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 i

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-20 Thread Fred Boatwright
Hello, I am having trouble setting up X similar to a previous posting. I have a new 8.0 installation. Using the Handbook chapter suggested below I waas able to generate and edit an xorg.conf file. It tests ok. I generated a .xinitrc file based on an example in the Handbook. When a user runs s

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-21 Thread Fred Boatwright
Warren Block wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote: > > > I am having trouble setting up X similar to a previous posting. I have > > a new 8.0 installation. > > > > Using the Handbook chapter suggested below I waas able to generate and > &g

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-21 Thread Fred Boatwright
Hi Matthew, The .xinitrc file starts fvwm. I have not found any error message that would indicate fvwm is not running. One of the common failure modes you mention is probably what I have! Best regards, Fred Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On 21/08/2010 18:13:09, Fred Boatwright wrote: &

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-21 Thread Fred Boatwright
Warren Block wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote: > > > .xinitrc > > xrdb > > xsetroot -solid gray & > > xterm -geometry +0-100 & > > xconsole -geometry -0+0 -fn 5x7 & > > #exec olvwm #complained about a missing font &g

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-21 Thread Fred Boatwright
Glen Barber wrote: > > On 8/21/10 7:12 PM, Warren Block wrote: > >> I changed the driver from vesa to nVidia but the nVidia driver could not > >> be found and X exited. After restoring vesa I ran the test on xorg.conf > >> -retro and it worked ok. However, startx still produced only a black > >>

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-21 Thread Fred Boatwright
Warren Block wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote: > > > Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log > > First notes: > > You're running the old version of X, 1.6.1. > > Something odd is going on with some of the fonts. I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-21 Thread Fred Boatwright
Eitan Adler wrote: > > >> Something odd is going on with some of the fonts. > > > > I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty appeared to be a > > huge amount of software that will never get used. Â I don't want all the > > stuff for gnome and kde as I will never use them. > > > > It ap

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-21 Thread Fred Boatwright
Eitan Adler wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Fred Boatwright wrote: > > Eitan Adler wrote: > >> > >> >> Something odd is going on with some of the fonts. > >> > > >> > I installed ports/x11/xorg-minimal as the full Monty app

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-22 Thread Fred Boatwright
Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 07:41:49PM -0700, Fred Boatwright wrote: > > Warren Block wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 21 Aug 2010, Warren Block wrote: > > > > > > > Log file is at http://wonkity.com/~wblock/tmp/Xorg.0.log >

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-22 Thread Fred Boatwright
Tijl Coosemans wrote: > > On Sunday 22 August 2010 06:22:48 Fred Boatwright wrote: > > Eitan Adler wrote: > >>> The actual problem I am having is that startx produces only a completely > >>> black screen.  Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro  produces the expe

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-22 Thread Fred Boatwright
Jerry wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:22:40 -0600 (MDT) > Warren Block articulated: > > > Those would be the nVidia binary drivers. There's also > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv. I avoid nVidia cards, so someone else > > will have to comment on those. > > I came to this party late, so please e

Re: Xorg Problems

2010-08-22 Thread Fred Boatwright
Frank Shute wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 07:19:36PM +0200, Tijl Coosemans wrote: > > > > On Sunday 22 August 2010 06:22:48 Fred Boatwright wrote: > > > The .xinitrc file: > > > xrdb > > > xsetroot -solid gray & > > > xterm