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Also, I cannot start FireFox:
(firefox-bin:47583): Gtk WARNING **: cannot open display:
Does this have anything to do with the extract failure of the scompat?
Otherwise, how to start FireFox? I've googled, and searched the forums . . .read some things about not running X systems as root, but then again, something about FireFox needing to run as root the first time so that some permissions, etc. can be established?
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You do not need to run firefox as root. Ever.
Just install firefox from ports and it will store everything in your home directory (~/.mozilla).
If you want to allow the root user to run applications use
# xhost +localhost.
Even better would be to use
xinit(1) to start X instead of
startx(1) so you don't need to deal with the whole xauth/xhost stuff.
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I've installed FreeBSD v7.2 via internet mirror. All seemed well except during the "late night odyssey", I observed a message with wait stating that the scompat extract failed. This is what I know about the creature:
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Can you post the full error message?
I'm not sure what scompat is, it's not part of FreeBSD base nor is it a port (deleted or otherwise).