From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 13:56:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3D0B16A416 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:56:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from flz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp3-g19.free.fr (smtp3-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E46D743CCC for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:55:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.xbsd.org (unknown [82.233.2.192]) by smtp3-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236774A076; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:56:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FC1E1175D; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:56:33 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at xbsd.org Received: from smtp.xbsd.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (srv1.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9nLDzJN9XV3Z; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:56:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from [193.120.13.130] (cream.xbsd.org [193.120.13.130]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B360A11419; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:56:25 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <457C119D.7010804@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:54:37 +0000 From: Florent Thoumie User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061126) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: <20061210135038.GA84865@mail.scottro.net> In-Reply-To: <20061210135038.GA84865@mail.scottro.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig853CA81DAB7F8C653B5DE6F8" Cc: Subject: Re: An xorg-lite install X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:56:42 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig853CA81DAB7F8C653B5DE6F8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Scott Robbins wrote: > SirDice's suggestion of a "lite" xorg install got me thinking, and > playing with it. =20 >=20 > I've been trying to pare down an X install to see what I could leave ou= t > and still have a working X, figuring that if, say, I left out a font > needed by an application, that application would install the font at a > later date. >=20 > So far, I've gotten it down to xorg-libraries, xorg-server, keyboard, > video and mouse drivers, the fonts suggested in the wiki, xorg-fonts > (which was a cop-out--I still haven't had the patience to delete each > font separately and see when X stopped starting, and, from xorg-apps, > twm, xterm and xinit. (Without xinit I get startx not found--oops, I > knew that.) :) >=20 > I tried googling for this, but either I'm using the wrong search terms > or SirDice and I are the only ones who like this idea. Does anyone hav= e > a list of what would be the minimum? =20 >=20 > (I would add to SirDice's suggestion that the xorg-lite should put in > enough fonts so that X starts--his thought, IIRC, was that no fonts > should be included, leaving the installer to pick which fonts he wanted= =2E > I would also include twm and xterm for basic beginnings.) The idea itself isn't bad but if you install gnome for example, it will bring almost everything you need except xorg-server and a few apps. So I'll probably do it but it's not high priority (as opposed to fix ports broken by new X.org import). Cheers. --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer --------------enig853CA81DAB7F8C653B5DE6F8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFfBGjMxEkbVFH3PQRCoxQAJ98A46pY2PmbVxUoatwzTTuN5NfrgCfWkNa +KMf2qCbIH6ZBsZtklxH4Mk= =eYOQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig853CA81DAB7F8C653B5DE6F8--