On Friday 04 March 2005 01:52 am, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > On Friday 04 March 2005 01:34 am, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > On Friday 04 March 2005 12:55 am, Gary Kline wrote: > > > Guys, > > > > > > Here's the story XFree-4 vs xorg. I have 4 platforms on > > > a KVM so every machine uses the same tube. With XFree, > > > my 3 FBSD systems had a flawless 1280x1024 display. With > > > xorg, on my E-machines (ATI-Rage- 4M Video) the screen > > > quivers. On my HP Kayak (Matrox II 8M) the display is > > > steady but the tube is complaining "INVALID SYNC". The > > > CRT is a high-end Hitachi. I got the exact specs for both > > > the horiz and vert hertz ranges. Before, I was just > > > close. Now everything is dead-on. > > > > > > Another couple things. With XFree, I set the DefaultDepth' > > > to 8; now, on both computers it is maxed out at 16. If I > > > do set the default depth to 8, xdm fails. (It "tries" to' > > > initialize, then something clicks/resets, the screen > > > flashes grey for an instant; repeats infinitely.) > > > > > > Can anyone clue me in on howto get back to XFree on both > > > systems? I know about make.conf, but what should I > > > pkg_delete? > > > > I'm running portmanager on a test system to see if it is able to > > switch between XFree86 and xorg, if it is all you need due is make > > the change in make.conf then run portmanager -u. I'll know in an > > hour or so the results. > > > > -Mike > > It works, test passed. If you change X_WINDOW_SYSTEM= in make.conf > and as soon as portmanager -u finds any one port that depends on > X and needs upgrading it will switch everthing to what ever version > you have selected with X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=. This will take a while if > you have a lot of X related ports installed.... > > -Mike
I have to add one thing, the meta port if installed for the old X version needs to be manually removed first. -Mike _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
