From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 20:46:05 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 DB7D616A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:46:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from av7-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (av7-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C54ED43D6A for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:46:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: by av7-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 6AA4737E44; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:46:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp2-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (smtp2-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.177]) by av7-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 575F337E42 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:46:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (h201n1fls24o1048.bredband.comhem.se [212.181.162.201]) by smtp2-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 253A737E45 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:46:02 +0100 (CET) Received: (qmail 96714 invoked by uid 1001); 16 Nov 2004 20:46:01 -0000 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:46:01 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: dick hoogendijk Message-ID: <20041116204601.GA96700@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: dick hoogendijk , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20041116213934.62bcaf39.dick@nagual.st> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041116213934.62bcaf39.dick@nagual.st> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg/xfree86 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: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:46:06 -0000 On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 09:39:34PM +0100, dick hoogendijk wrote: > I run FreeBSD-4.10 and will remain to do so for some time. Now I read on > the fbsd site the following text: > > /quote/ > As mentioned in a prior section, Xorg is the default implementation of > the X Window System. The Ports Collection (as well as packages) rely on > this change to satisfy dependencies. To convert the installed windowing > system from XFree86 to Xorg, refer to the Installing X11 section in the > FreeBSD Handbook. > /endquote/ > > Does this mean that compiling from source will be difficult on my 4.10 > machine which runs XFree86? I don't want to change to Xorg (yet). For FreeBSD 4.10 XFree86 is still the default. (Xorg is the default on FreeBSD 5.x) If you are compiling from source via the ports system (as opposed to using pre-compiled packages) it should work just fine with either Xorg or XFree86. (If you want to use the non-default one you will need to set X_WINDOW_SYSTEM in /etc/make.conf) > > Are there things to do to keep on running 4.10 and ports for a while > without a hassle? No. Things should work fine without you needing to do anything special. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se