From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 15 10:29:32 2002 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 6D3A437B400 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:29:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailout6.nyroc.rr.com (mailout6-0.nyroc.rr.com [24.92.226.125]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1FDF43E42 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:29:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from met@uberstats.com) Received: from SURVIVAL (rrcs-nys-24-97-200-196.biz.rr.com [24.97.200.196]) by mailout6.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.6/RoadRunner 1.20) with ESMTP id g7FHTSC05811; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:29:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "MET" To: "'Linh Pham'" Cc: Subject: XFree86 Upgrade || XFree86 version Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:34:28 -0400 Message-ID: <002d01c24482$025928b0$6901a8c0@SURVIVAL> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 In-Reply-To: <20020815100722.I15133-100000@q.closedsrc.org> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ok well the /usr/X11R6/bin/X -version worked -- accordingly I'm running XFree86 version 3.3.6. So how would I go about upgrading to the latest version? ~ Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Linh Pham [mailto:lplist@closedsrc.org] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:10 PM To: MET Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: XFree86 version ? On 2002-08-15, MET scribbled: # When I do ls -l on the /var/log directory this is what I get ~ no # Xfree68.0.log [snip] # Ideas? Have you started X on your machine? Another thing to try is to run: /usr/X11R6/bin/X -version ; On my FreeBSD workstation, I get the following: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 18 January 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.6 i386 [ELF] Module Loader present -- Linh Pham lplist@closedsrc.org Webmaster and FreeBSD Geek http://closedsrc.org closedsrc.org Every solution breeds new problems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message