From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 17 15:53:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C03321065689 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:53:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DB918FC18 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:53:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD431A000B29 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:21:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id QZzF8e8NDXug for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:21:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from coal (unknown [192.168.0.10]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B9C1A000B23 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:21:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:21:30 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <48F7DAD1.9000103@gmail.com> <20081017010512.GC71472@mavetju.org> <48F8A209.8020307@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48F8A209.8020307@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200810170821.31569.fjwcash@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Xorg - minimal X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:53:46 -0000 On October 17, 2008 07:32 am Eitan Adler wrote: > Here is the list I generated from pkg_info when I was first able to run > the X server. If anyone is able to run "startx" with fewer ports please > let me know. > > How can I handle the video drivers? Not all systems need all drivers. > I don't want to depend on xorg-drivers, however you can't get X to > start without a video driver. Can some kind of check be done in the > Makefile? At the very least, you should include the VESA driver: x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa That will allow the user to get a working video output. After that, they can determine which specific driver they need and install it manually. Note: your system has the nvidia driver (xf86-video-nv) installed. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com