> On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 17:10, Mark Edwards wrote: >> On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 01:57 PM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >> >> > >> > You may have accidentally overwritten X. However, it could also be >> that this file is very ancient, and doesn't properly reflect what's >> going on now. If you've found you've messed up X, you should remove >> all XFree86 packages, then reinstall the XFree86-4 meta-port. >> > >> > Joe >> >> I'm beginning to suspect my XFree86 install is toast. My man pages >> say 3.3.6. I think I had 3.3.6 installed from the original FreeBSD >> 4.3 or something like that, and somehow didn't fully remove it. When >> I do >> >> cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 >> sudo make deinstall >> >> it says the port isn't installed. However, I don't have XFree86-4 >> installed either, and my XFree86 man pages say 3.3.6, so clearly 3.3.6 >> didn't get deinstalled and is still half-working. >> >> Is there a way to say, "deinstall the files that would be installed if >> this port was installed?" > > Not that I know of. Perhaps portupgrade and friends have this > capability. > >> Or, would it be best to install >> /usr/ports/x11/XFree86, and then deinstall it? > > This would do it, but you might be able to get away with just installing > XFree86-4 over top your existing X disaster. > > Joe > >> >> I'm pretty sure if I can get 3.3.6 totally gone, and then install >> /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4, I'm going to be set. Sorry to be bringing >> such a fubar'd system to you! >> >> -- >> Mark Edwards >> Engineer >> Mr. Toad's >> San Francisco, CA > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc
My two cents in here real quick, what does: pkg_info | fgrep XFree86 give? -- Scott A. Moberly [EMAIL PROTECTED] One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. -- Will Durant To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
