From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 21 03:43:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86A49106566C for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:43:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3D488FC0C for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:43:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbon10 with SMTP id n10so1948302lbo.13 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:42:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=aFVotCsUlwN+MpI+8X2ihHxaVPNYO/S1PHffbLQuJhs=; b=LR1uo1ik7s9DnBneZvECzdCXxchv8q+Y0QYw3f/0oi8abNfuigamD+E2WD20oMTEko PfL1MD2OyGDjwPLNhytKK8FNBa6iV9W+Rt3VcakZ44n4C26fgE3mOEVTy+F6oTT1usTR XEBTmMD1JL0m+myJtguGHBrP8G1lM3Fs5pM+bwQhCz7kwR0Klidp/zg7N1hcJ/mIhb2Z jMwxYjiwTkHbxKDRmZBbbfQ47LH9qOPGcbrCW7uUYTGGb8VI/nF4AzF0Q/wHZh/tSAhc /LxlxDK1dRC7cPUMS+DTIlgwFmY2PMNdXqfT8OEpSsGKixnxzQ4M0pDI6tTA+AySxPO+ kN7A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.122.9 with SMTP id lo9mr10790901lab.41.1340250179806; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:42:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.26.132 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:42:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:42:59 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Lynn Steven Killingsworth Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Need latest xorg 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: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:43:01 -0000 On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Lynn Steven Killingsworth < blue.seahorse.syndicate@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi FreeBSD - > > I have an AMD HD 7950 video card so I am trying to install the latest > FreeBSD xorg available (7.5.2) for an updated driver. > > When I start make the install immediately stops at MesaLib-7.6.1.tar.gz. > I can restart it on a primary using the location given then after a short > time the install stops at /x11/9menu (/9menu-1.8.shar.gz) I can also > attempt to restart this on a couple of servers but after a trip around the > world my install still stops at /x11/9menu Post the error messages so we can tell what is going on instead of what you think is going on. A few tips: * Use a port managament tool, preferably portmaster. * set RANDOMIZE_MASTER_SITES in /etc/make.conf to force trying different download locations. * You may be interested in sysutils/fastest_cvsup -- Adam Vande More