Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 12:12:30 -0600 From: Zach Thompson <hideo@lastamericanempire.com> To: what <thursday@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: idiot xfree86-4 questions Message-ID: <20020505121230.A3426@darwin.lastamericanempire.com> In-Reply-To: <20020505174516.A2443@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>; from thursday@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG on Sun, May 05, 2002 at 05:45:16PM %2B0000 References: <20020505174516.A2443@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>
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* what <thursday@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> [2002-05-05 11:46]: > Greets, > > I am trying to configure XFree86 (3) on a Pentium-3 running FreeBSD > 4.5-RELEASE. I installed the XFree86 distribution from /stand/sysinstall. > > The card is an ATI Rage 128 Pro GL. > > I understand that XFree86 3.3.6 doesn't support this card. > > So, I guess I need XFree86-4 > > My idiot questions are these: > > - Do I need to remove XFree 3.3.6? If so, how? It don't show up in > pkg_info. > - Do I need to recompile/reinstall my X apps? (KDE, Xemacs, etc?) > - Is the command to startx under version 4 still startx? > You can always start /stand/sysinstall, go to Configure/Packages, and simply uncheck XFree86-3.3.6 to remove it (as with the other packages you installed.) Personally, even though I still use 4.2 discs to install the system, I always wait to install the latest packages/ports, rather than doing it from the CDs. You should be able to install X 4.2 with `pkg_add -r XFree86-4`. I would do the same with your X apps and, if no packages are found, install from ports. Yes, you can still use startx by building the x11/wrapper from ports. Zach Thompson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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