Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:52:38 +0200 From: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> To: Blah Blatz <blahblatz@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I guess I misread. Message-ID: <467CB526.7090808@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <248491.30726.qm@web59305.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <248491.30726.qm@web59305.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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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)? > > Should I still use portupgrade-devel instead of portupgrade? I would rather just use portupgrade, if I can. > > 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? If you use a minimal install, without any ports, you can just start with creating the link: /usr/X11R6 /usr/local. Then there is not reason to use portupgrade (other than comfort) or follow any of the instructions in UPDATING.
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