Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:09:25 +0800 From: Geoff Glasson <g_glasson@wiredcity.com.au> To: dick@nagual.st Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg/xfree86 Message-ID: <200411170709.26548.g_glasson@wiredcity.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20041116204141.EC80316A4D7@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20041116204141.EC80316A4D7@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hi Dick, I'm running Xorg on FreeBSD 4.10 and don't seem to be having any operational problems doing so. I compiled Xorg from source. The conversion from XFree to Xorg went smoothly, and in my case I got extra functionality from my graphics card that I couldn't get working with XFree so it was a bonus for me. I do have problems when installing software from packages as most of the packages seem to have XFree as a requirement, but using pkg_add -f gets around that. The installed packages all work as expected. You may need to run pkgdb -F to fix up any dependency problems if you install from packages, but the Xorg and XFree package names are quite similar so it is not a big issue. Regards...Geoff > Message: 39 > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:39:34 +0100 > From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> > Subject: xorg/xfree86 > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <20041116213934.62bcaf39.dick@nagual.st> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > 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). > > Are there things to do to keep on running 4.10 and ports for a while > without a hassle? -- Geoff Glasson g_glasson@wiredcity.com.au
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