From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 23 02:00:51 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F10816A400 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:00:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE9F713C43E for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:00:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5N20m2R019240 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:00:48 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:00:47 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <248491.30726.qm@web59305.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <248491.30726.qm@web59305.mail.re1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706222100.48237.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_40 autolearn=no version=3.2.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.0 (2007-05-01) on pollux.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: I guess I misread. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:00:51 -0000 On Friday 22 June 2007 20:04:21 Blah Blatz wrote: > I thought that I followed the directions in UPDATING regarding Xorg 7.2, > but, uh, I guess I didn't. My computer now seems beyond repair, with > respect to X. I'm strongly considering giving up, wiping the hard drive, > reinstalling FreeBSD, and restoring my personal stuff from backups. > > So, my questions: > > If I do that, and install the latest xorg on a completely fresh FreeBSD > box: > > Do I have to set XORG_UPGRADE (or whatever it's called)? yes. > > Should I still use portupgrade-devel instead of portupgrade? I would rather > just use portupgrade, if I can. i did, just to be safe for now. > > Do I have to follow any of the other directions in UPDATING regarding > this... stuff? > > Or can I just do a normal old "cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg; make install" > without any of the special new exciting xorg crap in UPDATING? > > I have googled about this, but have found seemingly conflicting statements, > which is why I am explicitly asking. > > Thank you in advance for any help. just set XORG_UPGRADE, and go into the folder and 'make install clean'. however, i did myself a favor, and did 'make BATCH=yes package-recursive', and saved them for later. (man ports) cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com