From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 08:43:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37B9337B404 for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 08:43:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF12343FB1 for ; Thu, 1 May 2003 08:43:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from mail3.nc.rr.com (fe3 [24.93.67.50])h41FcwhA010452; Thu, 1 May 2003 11:38:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com ([66.57.17.158]) by mail3.nc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Thu, 1 May 2003 11:40:54 -0400 Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) h41Feiaa028105; Thu, 1 May 2003 11:40:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Drew Tomlinson In-Reply-To: <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> References: <020d01c30ff6$9dfe5c50$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-TkL3+29Tyh86ZMpsvj9N" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1051803808.358.2.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 01 May 2003 11:43:28 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-39.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,QUOTE_TWICE_1,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) cc: FreeBSD User Questions List Subject: Re: Portupgrade, XFree86, and Gnome X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 15:43:48 -0000 --=-TkL3+29Tyh86ZMpsvj9N Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 win= dow > 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 sessio= n, > kill gdm, and then kill XFree86 and run portupgrade from a console sessio= n? > Or maybe this isn't required but preferred? I'm confused. I portupgrade GNOME and X components while logged into X all the time.=20 You shouldn't have a problem. Joe >=20 > Thanks for any insight. >=20 > Drew >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-TkL3+29Tyh86ZMpsvj9N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+sUCgb2iPiv4Uz4cRAs4eAJ9EAI1McQF7CR/tXAUxEZ4ZBQxc1ACeOEes 1omdN9A3VoUkLxYQ2/PC3Oc= =UhdX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-TkL3+29Tyh86ZMpsvj9N--