From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 3 12:27:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA04721 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 12:27:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA04480 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 12:26:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA24940; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 19:55:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA04991; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:31:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199809031331.OAA04991@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: dedwards@seic.com ("Edwards, David") cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 - 3.3.2 and Freebsd 2.2.5 In-Reply-To: <03603643F86CD111B0810020AFFC0CA61686CA@seifr_exchange1.corp.seic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 14:31:37 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Dear FBSD'ers, > I have loaded FBSD 2.2.5 on my machine (I only have the CD's > - no manual) - I want to upgrade XFree86 to vs. 3.3.2 (to support my > card). > My question is this - If I download the Xfree86.tar (for > XFree86-3.3.2) and use pkg_add, then delete the X-servers I don't > need; will this suffice?? or am I missing some critical steps here. If > this is not the best way to achieve this, then what steps should I > follow?? > (I have 18mths Linux/SunOS experience, so I don't mind tinkering - but > my internet connection is slow, and has a tendency to stall my ftp > connections - so a full ftp/ports process is not my best option) Your best bet would be to do the ports thing as FreeBSD-2.2.5 is relatively old now, and you risk compatibility problems by using the binaries... Instead of using fetch, get the archives manually and put them in /usr/ports/distfiles/xc. That way, you can ``reget'' (in ftp) if your connection drops. > Dave E. (610)989-6011 dedwards@technologist.com - personal > dedwards@seic.com - business -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message