Hello out there,

Thanx for the *fast* response to my first question about installing X11R6 !
Finally fixed this one "gzcat filename | bla bla bla...", X11 runs perfectly in
"mono mode" on the ADos display.
But the next bug occoures in one of the next steps of installation...
Point "3" of the ReadMe file delivered with the X11 package tells me (in my
mind !) to do this:

Save the following lines to a seperate file:

*** /etc/man.conf-orig  Wed Jan 18 01:43:21 1995
--- /etc/man.conf       Fri Sep  8 01:45:47 1995
***************
*** 28,40 ****
  # directory with all of the subdirectories listed for the keyword _subdir.
  
  # default
! _default      /usr/{share,X11R6,X386,X11,X11R4,contrib,gnu,local}/{man,man/old}/
  
  # Other sections that represent complete man subdirectories.
  X11           /usr/X11/man/
! X11R4         /usr/X11R4/man/
! X11R6         /usr/X11R6/man/
! X386          /usr/X386/man/
  contrib               /usr/contrib/man/
  local         /usr/local/man/
  new           /usr/contrib/man/
--- 28,38 ----
  # directory with all of the subdirectories listed for the keyword _subdir.
  
  # default
! _default      /usr/{share,local/X11R6,X11,contrib,gnu,local}/{man,man/old}/
  
  # Other sections that represent complete man subdirectories.
  X11           /usr/X11/man/
! X11R6         /usr/local/X11R6/man/
  contrib               /usr/contrib/man/
  local         /usr/local/man/
  new           /usr/contrib/man/
***************
*** 43,55 ****
  doc           /usr/share/doc/{sendmail/op,sendmail/intro}
  
  # Specific section/directory combinations.
! 1             /usr/{share,X11R6,X386,X11,X11R4,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}1
! 2             /usr/{share,X11R6,X386,X11,X11R4,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}2
! 3             /usr/{share,X11R6,X386,X11,X11R4,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}3
  3F            /usr/share/man/cat3f
  3f            /usr/share/man/cat3f
! 4             /usr/{share,X11R6,X386,X11,X11R4,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}4
! 5             /usr/{share,X11R6,X386,X11,X11R4,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}5
! 6             /usr/{share,X11R6,X386,X11,X11R4,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}6
! 7             /usr/{share,X11R6,X386,X11,X11R4,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}7
! 8             /usr/{share,X11R6,X386,X11,X11R4,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}8
--- 41,53 ----
  doc           /usr/share/doc/{sendmail/op,sendmail/intro}
  
  # Specific section/directory combinations.
! 1             /usr/{share,local/X11R6,X11,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}1
! 2             /usr/{share,local/X11R6,X11,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}2
! 3             /usr/{share,local/X11R6,X11,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}3
  3F            /usr/share/man/cat3f
  3f            /usr/share/man/cat3f
! 4             /usr/{share,local/X11R6,X11,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}4
! 5             /usr/{share,local/X11R6,X11,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}5
! 6             /usr/{share,local/X11R6,X11,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}6
! 7             /usr/{share,local/X11R6,X11,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}7
! 8             /usr/{share,local/X11R6,X11,contrib,local}/{man/,man/old/}{cat,man}8

and call it for e.g. "PatchMan"

So I did. The following command

      "cat PatchMan | (cd / ; patch -p)"

fails with the following output:


Hmm... Looks like a new style contex diff to me
The text leading to this was
-------------------------
*** /etc/man.conf-orig  Wed Jan 18 01:43:21 1995
--- /etc/man.conf       Fri Sep  8 01:45:47 1995
-------------------------
Patching file /etc/man.conf using plan A
Hunk #1 failed at 28
Hunk #2 failed at 41
2 of 2 hunks failed--saving rejects to /etc/man.conf.rej
done


And of course, the following (testing) command

      "man startx"

fails with

man: no entry for startx in the manual


What have I got to do to fix this error(s)? Obviously there is another mistake
in the installation docs. (Or I can't read them in the right way). Whatever, I'd
be very happy to get X11R6 fully installed (and having access to the man pages
via the "man" command ;-) )


Thanx, greetings & good night (take a look at the time stamp :-) )

Ernst


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