RE: moving to XFree86-4

2001-08-03 Thread James Satterfield
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 ha

Re: moving to XFree86-4

2001-08-03 Thread Antoine Beaupre (LMC)
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 mcki

moving to XFree86-4

2001-08-03 Thread j mckitrick
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." T

Re: moving to XFree86-4

2001-08-03 Thread Jorge Aldana
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 port

Re: moving to XFree86-4

2001-08-03 Thread needle-mls
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 ma

Re: moving to XFree86-4

2001-08-03 Thread Antoine Beaupre (LMC)
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, h