Date: 01 May 2003 11:43:28 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Portupgrade, XFree86, and Gnome Message-ID: <1051803808.358.2.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> References: <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 11:30, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I've looked but have been unable to find an answer to my question. Can I > use portupgrade to upgrade XWindows related components while XWindows is > running? For example, I use the Gnome desktop. If I open a terminal window > on the desktop, can I upgrade Gnome and XFree86 related items that need > updating in this window? Or is it required that I exit my desktop session, > kill gdm, and then kill XFree86 and run portupgrade from a console session? > Or maybe this isn't required but preferred? I'm confused. I portupgrade GNOME and X components while logged into X all the time. You shouldn't have a problem. Joe > > Thanks for any insight. > > Drew > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+sUCgb2iPiv4Uz4cRAs4eAJ9EAI1McQF7CR/tXAUxEZ4ZBQxc1ACeOEes 1omdN9A3VoUkLxYQ2/PC3Oc= =UhdX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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