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Re: xwindows wanted



On Sat, May 08, 1999 at 12:36:08PM -0500, Andrei Ivanov wrote:
> >
> > >login to your system and type XF86Setup, this will take you through the
> > >graphical X setup. After your done you can just type startx to run X.
> >
> > I type XF86Setup and it says
> > bash: XF86Setup: command not found :(
> >
> > Maybe I need to reinstall debian ???
>
> Errr, WinNT approach doesnt work here.
> Try xf86config command.

xf86setup package contains the XF86Setup program...or you can use the
xf86config text based setup program.

> >
> > I'm getting a lot of 'bash: <command>: command not found' messages even for
> > stuff that IS in the subdirectories.  Maybe they need to be in /usr to be
> > found???
>
> Ok, what commands are you trying to execute?

If you are in the /usr/X11R6/bin directory proceed the commands with ./
(like ./XF86Setup )
Otherwise you need to add /usr/X11R6/bin to your path with:

PATH=${PATH}:/usr/X11R6/bin
export PATH

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