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Subject: Re: New version of XFree86
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I can attest to a flawless XFree86-4 build and configure.  Im running it 
right now.  The hard part was waiting a couple of hours for it to 
compile.  What is the NO_X=true for in make.conf.  I just used 
XFREE86_VERSION=4 and I haven't any problems so far (knock on wood)....
lata

Christopher Farley wrote:

> Ryan Li (ryan@duli.fsnet.co.uk) wrote:
> 
> 
>> Dear FreeBSD Developer Team:
>> 
>> Could you add XFree86 4.0.2 or newer to the 4.3 stable release please? My
>> graphic card would not work with the older versions of XFree86, and I really
>> don't want to wait for another 3 months for the next release. I would be
>> very grateful if you could. So please help me.
> 
> 
> I'm not a developer, but XFree86-4 will not be included in 4.3-release,
> primarily because it does not yet support many older cards.
> 
> There is an easy solution, though: install XFree86-4 from the ports
> collection. Then specify the following in your /etc/make.conf:
> 
> NO_X=true
> XFREE86_VERSION=4
> 
> All other ports with an XFree86 dependency build flawlessly.


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