On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 02:21:57PM -0700, Joe Schmoe wrote: > Hi, > > I just loaded XFree86-4 from the ports tree on my > laptop, running 5.2.1-RELEASE. > > It took about 2.5 gigs of space to compile and add it > all. > > Let's say I have a small hard drive in an old laptop, > and let's also assume that I am just loading X to just > have a simple GUI to run opera and terminal windows > on, and don't need a big fancy X server or whatever > ... > > What are some options I can add to the standard `make > install` command for that port to significantly reduce > the size of X ? > > Any general comments on making a smaller/faster/more > efficient X for an old laptop are greatly appreciated.
You are better off installing X with precompiled packages instead. You then don't lose any space to the temp compile files. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"