From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 26 08:03:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E63C106568B for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:03:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 271528FC0A for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:03:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so2404212eyd.9 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:03:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=iK7SjygO6IwJjS8V5vGEoX3qCp80gKBaXe5CZsUS0mk=; b=moZDc87hdesXZCpkX0sycRzz/T+GwmRTjJd303z7VLtmQ8JcZcZZ1CmlBI/gCNSPf5 Yt93RJjxk4ln4bG3A1k2Mvkj9cr1pg4YHvyKps89wVbBuH+oWbWIqaB3DqwxN9zjaIs2 eAZBxmcekKe8FhJoX1W1/IfzSLVUf1Iz8oxVk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=AulEQQutg6YbcNxbVj33X5LprBL35aYluSePAHznn9UocpMPoNqzXucNWrtK0mDQzN o36pYW9VSA2Nx9PlyVKlXQkY20FQAP/LqwG1iAjTlkCXBcit/w4wWtUhBFKb+R4VgU0j PSukGa5+ZhU3Q/cKx8R0Ej/+6ouFSWP/7van0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.88.140 with SMTP id a12mr404623wef.157.1256544212250; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:03:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:03:32 +0000 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: henry.olyer@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: am I the only one, wrt gcc44 -- it is failing and I can't build octave or much else X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:03:33 -0000 Henry Olyer wrote: >'everything; is dying in /usr/ports/lang/gcc44 >I know, (in all likelihood,) I'll have to scratch this area and do a >complete re-install. Fine. The thing is, I didn't change anything to mess >this area up in the first place. >I've just been going to various directories in /usr/ports and saying, "make >install clean" and now this... I was trying to put up octave when this >happened. Why don't you try 'make clean install && make clean' , to ensure that you are starting from scratch, with a clean WRKDIR? If that fails, send a full transcript of the failed build to the lang/gcc44 port maintainer. script(1) is useful for producing a full transcript. >So I could use a little help here, please... >I also want/need to run X, and my X session (just put up,) doesn't yet let >me move the mouse. I installed hal and dbus but what do I do now? hal and dbus are not required, if you have the proper entries in your xorg.conf, although some people find them useful. Can you use the mouse in the console with moused(8)? If not, then there may be a problem with the mouse. Did you try running 'Xorg -configure' to see what sample configuration file it constructs for your hardware, especially the entries, if any, for the mouse? >And where or where do I put the "ServerFlags" entry in my xorg.conf file. >I'm sorry, I just don't know these things... In it's own section, offset by: Section "ServerFlags" ... EndSection xorg.conf(5) claims the order of the sections is unimportant. b.