Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 09:02:56 -0700 (PDT) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xfce4 broke after pkgdb -Ff Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0705170901570.25365@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <44tzubr4u6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <464B114C.5080703@net4.in> <464B1D6A.1040809@samsco.org> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0705160849530.8669@libra.sfsu.edu> <44tzubr4u6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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so the "-r" option will be the significant difference for the portupgrade comamnd, just verifying On Thu, 17 May 2007, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> writes: > >> i did the command pkgdb -Ff and it broke my X (xfce4) the desktop >> had been able to come up, but the cursor was the "X" that it has >> while it is booting.. i was able to start a terminal, but not a mozilla >> browser. i had been able to use the terminal, but i could not move it >> around the desktop. >> >> pkgdb -Ff had had a pango problem, so i did a portupgrade -f pango. >> >> now i can't even get a terminal in my xfce4 > > I think you missed some of the instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING. > I'm also a bit confused on exactly what you did, because pkgdb doesn't > make any changes to the programs you can run. At this point, you need > to start by making sure that programs that use pango are updated to > use the new one. Something like "portupgrade -fr pango". > > This question would probably have been most appropriate for the > freebsd-ports mailing list. > > Be well. >
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