Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 08:02:42PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On October 31, 2007 12:43:48 PM -0400 John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let me know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions. I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a crack at *BSD to see what I'm missing. But it never works out. So, trying again... I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3. I tried to accomplish this over the course of several installs. In the end, I decided this should work: a) install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports) b) portsnap fetch c) portsnap extract d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg and make install clean When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I want. Is this the right procedure to start with? Yes, with one caveat. You need to run mergebase.sh or manually create the symlink for /usr/X11R6. /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh No, that is not necessary if he installs everything from scratch. -- Insert your favourite quote here. Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:50:57 +0100 Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 08:02:42PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: Yes, with one caveat. You need to run mergebase.sh or manually create the symlink for /usr/X11R6. /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh No, that is not necessary if he installs everything from scratch. It's still sensible to run mergebase.sh as FreeBSD 6.2 was released before the change and there are files under /etc with hard-coded references to /usr/X11R6. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
Paul Schmehl wrote:
--On October 31, 2007 12:43:48 PM -0400 John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let
me know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions.
I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a
crack at *BSD to see what I'm missing. But it never works out.
So, trying again...
I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3. I
tried to accomplish this over the course of several installs. In the
end, I decided this should work:
a) install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports)
b) portsnap fetch
c) portsnap extract
d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg and make install clean
When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I
want.
Is this the right procedure to start with?
Yes, with one caveat. You need to run mergebase.sh or manually create
the symlink for /usr/X11R6. /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh
Isn't the default X11BASE for 6.2 still on /usr/X11R6/ I thought it
still was, then you will run into trouble again when you are going to
update Xorg again in the future. So I think you will need a
X11BASE=${LOCALBASE} in /etc/make.conf
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-Frank Staals
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Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
--On Thursday, November 01, 2007 09:50:57 +0100 Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 08:02:42PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On October 31, 2007 12:43:48 PM -0400 John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let me know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions. I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a crack at *BSD to see what I'm missing. But it never works out. So, trying again... I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3. I tried to accomplish this over the course of several installs. In the end, I decided this should work: a) install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports) b) portsnap fetch c) portsnap extract d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg and make install clean When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I want. Is this the right procedure to start with? Yes, with one caveat. You need to run mergebase.sh or manually create the symlink for /usr/X11R6. /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh No, that is not necessary if he installs everything from scratch. It was when we did it here. How else would the symlink get created? In fact, xorg-libraries refused to install until we ran mergebase.sh. This was a pristine 6.2 RELEASE install without xorg, followed by a cvsup and the make install clean in the xorg meta port. -- Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
Unfortunately portsnap fetch has performed an upgrade to xorg-7.3_1 for
RELENG_6_2.
I do not trust this at all. I would bet doing a portupgrade would break xorg
more or less irreversibly. I have already gone through this trying to upgrade
to RELENG_7.
Is there a poosiblilty to revert the upgrade of the ports tree back to the
stable version?
Isn't the default X11BASE for 6.2 still on /usr/X11R6/ I thought it
still was, then you will run into trouble again when you are going to
update Xorg again in the future. So I think you will need a
X11BASE=${LOCALBASE} in /etc/make.conf
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Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Tino Engel wrote: Unfortunately portsnap fetch has performed an upgrade to xorg-7.3_1 for RELENG_6_2. I do not trust this at all. I would bet doing a portupgrade would break xorg more or less irreversibly. I have already gone through this trying to upgrade to RELENG_7. Is there a poosiblilty to revert the upgrade of the ports tree back to the stable version? The latest xorg runs fine on 6.2. Well, 6.2-STABLE here: FreeBSD speedy.wonkity.com 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Wed Oct 10 12:48:47 MDT 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SPEEDY i386 This system was upgraded with mergebase, and I don't have any settings for X11BASE in make.conf. If you really want, portdowngrade can retrieve earlier versions of ports. For xorg, that way lies madness. Or maybe it's over there-. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 21:56 +, Tino Engel wrote:
Unfortunately portsnap fetch has performed an upgrade to xorg-7.3_1 for
RELENG_6_2.
I do not trust this at all. I would bet doing a portupgrade would break xorg
more or less irreversibly. I have already gone through this trying to upgrade
to RELENG_7.
Is there a poosiblilty to revert the upgrade of the ports tree back to the
stable version?
Isn't the default X11BASE for 6.2 still on /usr/X11R6/ I thought it
still was, then you will run into trouble again when you are going to
update Xorg again in the future. So I think you will need a
X11BASE=${LOCALBASE} in /etc/make.conf
Suck it up and do the upgrade. 6.9-7.2 was moderately difficult, but
with the new whizzy modular Xorg, it's only a one or two command job.
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FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let me know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions. I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a crack at *BSD to see what I'm missing. But it never works out. So, trying again... I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3. I tried to accomplish this over the course of several installs. In the end, I decided this should work: a) install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports) b) portsnap fetch c) portsnap extract d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg and make install clean When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I want. Is this the right procedure to start with? Should I have set up that vulnerability database? Any advice appreciated. John ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
On 10/31/07, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let me know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions. I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a crack at *BSD to see what I'm missing. But it never works out. So, trying again... I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3. I tried to accomplish this over the course of several installs. In the end, I decided this should work: a) install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports) b) portsnap fetch c) portsnap extract d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg and make install clean When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I want. Is this the right procedure to start with? Yes. The file you should be aware of from now on is /usr/ports/UPDATING. It's notes for updating. But you didn't update anything, you installed from scratch. Should I have set up that vulnerability database? What're you thinking of? portaudit? Any advice appreciated. John ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3
--On October 31, 2007 12:43:48 PM -0400 John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let me know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions. I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a crack at *BSD to see what I'm missing. But it never works out. So, trying again... I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3. I tried to accomplish this over the course of several installs. In the end, I decided this should work: a) install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports) b) portsnap fetch c) portsnap extract d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg and make install clean When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I want. Is this the right procedure to start with? Yes, with one caveat. You need to run mergebase.sh or manually create the symlink for /usr/X11R6. /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh Should I have set up that vulnerability database? I assume you refer to portaudit? I don't think the order you install it in is all that important. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
