RE: moving to XFree86-4
I always install FreeBSD without X and make XFree86-4 from ports. xf86cfg cores. I just hack the output of XFree86 -configure tho, so it's no big deal. James. -Original Message- From: Richard Glidden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 1:14 PM To: James Satterfield Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: moving to XFree86-4 Come to think of it, I did have xf86cfg dump core on me once, when I already had XFree86 3.3.6 installed and then installed the XFree86 4.1 port without removing 3.3.6 first. I haven't tried 4.1 on other machines. However, I have run the XFree86 4.0 port's xf86cfg without problems on 3 other machines which did not have 3.3.6 installed. These were machines running FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE with nVidia and ATI video cards (GeForce, and Mach64) Perhaps there is some piece of an old configuration sitting around that is confusing xf86cfg? Or maybe there is something wrong with the 4.1 port (I haven't tried it enough to be sure) - Richard On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, James Satterfield wrote: > I've had xf86cfg core on every machine I've tried it on. Perhaps I'm missing > something? > > James. > > -Original Message- > From: Richard Glidden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:10 AM > To: Antoine Beaupre (LMC) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: moving to XFree86-4 > > > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Antoine Beaupre (LMC) wrote: > > > Unfortunatly, from what I can tell, -configure just creates a config > > file based on your hw configuration, and does not ask basic stuff as > > "what resolution do you want". :) > > > > I really, really, really miss XF86Setup. Really. > > Am I missing something? What was so great about XF86Setup? > > I haven't had any problems configuring XFree86 4, using the included > tools. The "xf86cfg" program included with XFree86 4 seems to do the job > very well, and even uses the "XFree86 -configure" command as a starting > point, rather than guessing at 'safe' defaults like XF86Setup did. Plus, > it has support for new features of XFree86 4. > > - Richard > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: moving to XFree86-4
I found that pkg_delete -a and make install of all necessary ports is an extremely healthy activity as it removes a extremely big load of crap (read: useless/unused software). Just reinstall it all. You probably don't need that much anyways. ;) For the record, I don't any easy way. A. j mckitrick wrote: > If I have backup up my old /usr/X11R6, is there an easy way to move my apps > to XFree86-4? Or do I need to 'make reinstal' all of my X ports? > > jm > -- Antoine Beaupré Jambala TCM team Ericsson Canada inc. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
moving to XFree86-4
If I have backup up my old /usr/X11R6, is there an easy way to move my apps to XFree86-4? Or do I need to 'make reinstal' all of my X ports? jm -- "Investigators have discovered the cause of the TWA 800 explosion was a frayed wire. The wire became frayed when it was struck by a missile." To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: moving to XFree86-4
I'm having the same toubles with freetype2-2.0.3_1 which is actually at 2.0.4 in the packages ftp sites (and mirrors). In fact Mesa-3.4.2_1 also has the same hangup, but I'm not sure if its in its required list. Somehow I think this points back to the older problem with the INDEX file in the ports tree? Well thats my assumption. My work around has been to use the ports, but it would be nice to get it going on packages. Jorge On Thu, 2 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 02:35:32PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote: > | Any caveats I should look out for moving to version 4? > > My only issue with it, is that ports seems to be rather confused about > where to register dependencies for X programs. > > If you have XF86 v4 installed and try to install a window manager for > instance, ports will try to register the dependency with > Xfree86-3.3.6_9 which is obviously wrong. Now, if you set > XFREE86_VERSION=4 in your /etc/make.conf, ports will for some reason > try to register a dependency with imake-4.1.0, freetype2-2.0.3_1 and > XFree86-4-libraries-4.1.0, which isn't quite right either when the > package you have installed is called XFree86-4.1.0_4. > > Ok, so this isn't a problem with X but rather a ports issue. > Nitpicking, probably, but I thought I'd mention it. :-) > > Version 4 has otherwise been working flawlessly for me, both at home > and at work, for some time now. :-) > > Jo > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: moving to XFree86-4
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 02:35:32PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote: | Any caveats I should look out for moving to version 4? My only issue with it, is that ports seems to be rather confused about where to register dependencies for X programs. If you have XF86 v4 installed and try to install a window manager for instance, ports will try to register the dependency with Xfree86-3.3.6_9 which is obviously wrong. Now, if you set XFREE86_VERSION=4 in your /etc/make.conf, ports will for some reason try to register a dependency with imake-4.1.0, freetype2-2.0.3_1 and XFree86-4-libraries-4.1.0, which isn't quite right either when the package you have installed is called XFree86-4.1.0_4. Ok, so this isn't a problem with X but rather a ports issue. Nitpicking, probably, but I thought I'd mention it. :-) Version 4 has otherwise been working flawlessly for me, both at home and at work, for some time now. :-) Jo To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: moving to XFree86-4
Chuck MacKinnon wrote: > Why not just run xf86cfg. Then you can set up the screens and resolutions > etc. Not too hard to figure out. Sorry people, I didn't know about xf86cfg. :) I *will* try it out. I still have glitches with my old config anyways. I'm definitly getting this thread OT, however. A. -- Antoine Beaupré Jambala TCM team Ericsson Canada inc. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
