From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 06:34:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE7E41065696 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:34:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (ns0.blackend.org [82.227.222.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EEFF8FC1B for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:34:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id o7R6Ym2i081565; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:34:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o7R6YnK7001517; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:34:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o7R6YhNB001516; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:34:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:34:43 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Eitan Adler Message-ID: <20100827063443.GA1491@gothic.blackend.org> References: <4C704C7B.134759E5@blakemfg.com> <4C707AA6.8F60FE62@blakemfg.com> <4C708E6D.88FF2B9F@blakemfg.com> <20100822075157.GA1485@gothic.blackend.org> <4C71318C.2AA5F140@blakemfg.com> <20100826133725.GB1491@gothic.blackend.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Fred Boatwright , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg Problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:34:55 -0000 On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 04:11:27PM -0400, Eitan Adler wrote: > >> I used make install as I had no way of knowing that additional drivers > >> could be selected.  Perhaps that should be an option to the sysinstall > >> program when FBSD is initially being installed. > >> > > > > Yes, people can't guess what are the names of the drivers, it's in my > > opinion a problem for this port.  I Cced the maintainer. > > I have a lot on my plate right now so I can't guarantee that I'll > solve this soon. > Would depending on x11-driver/xorg-drivers instead of requiring > VIDEO_DRIVER being set help at all? > I intended this port to be used when you require X11 to up and running > fast without any overhead. That is why things like xset aren't > installed. It is possible to run X11 with the vesa driver even if you > can get better performance with a different driver. > Having a config menu to select the drivers to be installed (via OPTIONS) is what is missing. -- Marc