From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 23:09:43 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 ABB4116A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:09:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.wiredcity.com.au (adsl-105-192.wiredcity.net.au [203.161.105.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46E5C43D3F for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:09:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from g_glasson@wiredcity.com.au) Received: from kosh.glastech.com.au ([192.168.1.1]) by kosh.glastech.com.au with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD 4.8) id 1CUCS4-000Oc4-22; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:09:32 +0800 From: Geoff Glasson To: dick@nagual.st Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:09:25 +0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <20041116204141.EC80316A4D7@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20041116204141.EC80316A4D7@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411170709.26548.g_glasson@wiredcity.com.au> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "kosh.glastech.com.au", hasmessageblock similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: 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 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. [...] Content analysis details: (0.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description -------------------------------------------------- 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 23:09:43 -0000 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 > 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