From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon May 14 5:40:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from nwlynx.network-lynx.net (nwlynx.network-lynx.net [63.122.185.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD23D37B42C; Mon, 14 May 2001 05:40:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Don@Silver-Lynx.com) Received: from Silver-Lynx.com (doze-1.network-lynx.net [63.122.185.106]) by nwlynx.network-lynx.net (8.11.1/8.9.3/Who.Cares) with ESMTP id f4ECcFx44541; Mon, 14 May 2001 06:38:15 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from Don@Silver-Lynx.com) Message-ID: <3AFFD1B6.16179EB0@Silver-Lynx.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 06:38:14 -0600 From: Don Wilde X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway Cc: Doug Young , Stefan Parvu , Rahul Siddharthan , Kathy Quinlan , Sue Blake , N6REJ , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm leaving References: <016d01c0dba9$62e67400$0300a8c0@oracle> <3AFE87BF.E2A53BC0@Silver-Lynx.com> <20010513134409.D62345@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 07:10:23AM -0600, Don Wilde wrote: > > I think the default install works very well, and there is a 'desktop > > config' option in sysinstall. I don't think it should include either KDE > > or gnome, though. My personal preferences are fvwm (1.24, NOT 2.0; the > > config file is easier to alter) and windowmaker. > > [...] > > Could you please go and use sysinstall so we're at least on the same > page as to what it already does? > I do, Kris, 4.x branch. "Configure XFree86 Desktop." Like I said, wm and fvwm2 (and Afterstep) install quite well and gnome and KDE give me problems. > > On a different note, one more: Add 4.x-STABLE tags to the CVSup > > repositories so we don't have to back out to OPTIONS to install packages > > after we've started tracking STABLE. > > I'm confused by this statement. What's a cvsup repository (CVS > repository?), and what's wrong with the CVS branch tags (RELENG_4, > ...)? > Okay, thinking about it, I mis-typed. When I go to get _packages_ after CVSup'ing to -STABLE, it complains until I change my tag in OPTIONS back to -RELEASE. Sorry for the confusion, I be dain bramaged. -- Don Wilde http://www.Silver-Lynx.com Silver Lynx Embedded Microsystems Architects 2218 Southern Bl. Ste. 12 Rio Rancho, NM 87124 505-891-4175 FAX 891-4185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message