From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 02:32:55 2004 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 B0E6616A4CE for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:32:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp19.wxs.nl (smtp19.wxs.nl [195.121.6.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E38E43D3F for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:32:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp19.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I4H006SF32USY@smtp19.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 04:32:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8N2WpDU069518; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 04:32:51 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i8N2WolR069517; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 04:32:50 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 04:32:50 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <1095822601.3225.21.camel@vaiosr7k.ozland> To: Gary Dunn Message-id: <20040923023250.GE69299@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <1095822601.3225.21.camel@vaiosr7k.ozland> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot update XFree86-4 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, 23 Sep 2004 02:32:55 -0000 On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 05:10:00PM -1000, Gary Dunn wrote: > It started with a bug-fix update to one part of XFree86. After I > installed it, my Gnome panel refused to load some applets. As the Gnome > desktop opens I get error dialogs like these: > > > I ran pkg_version and noticed that all of XFree86 had newer versions, > from 4.2 to 4.4. I thought I was out of whack and just needed to update > the whole thing. I did portupgrade XFree86, but it failed here: If sucha command fails then this is sometimes because the packages that it relies on also needs to be rebuild. Try portupgrade -fR XFree86\* > =-=-=-=-= > > I googled this and found one previous posting in August, but no reply. > > I updated my ports and 4.10 STABLE source trees and rebuilt my kernel, > but that did not help. It shoudn't > > Does it matter that my sources are on an NFS server and I only mount one > at a time (/usr/ports or /usr/src)? No its not a problem for as far as i can see. It would be handy to have you working directory localy (can be set by /etc/make.conf). This speeds up things. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/