Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:14:09 -0400 From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: Re: Latest XFree86 version vs today's portupgraded version Message-ID: <20030416131409.6B27B52A94@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:13:03 -0400, "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> said: > On 16 Apr 2003 11:27:20 +0100, "Stacey Roberts" > <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> said: > > Hello, > > I am not able to configure X on my laptop (HP OmniBook XE2), which > > coredumps when I run "XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new". > > > > The folks at XFree86 believe that this is fixed (see [Bug 159] Silicon > > Motion SMI Lynx SM811 unconfigurable in XFree86 Version 4.3.0) and > > suggest that I try the latest XFree86 in cvs. > > > > What I currently have installed is: > > Information for XFree86-4.3.0,1: > > Comment: > > X11/XFree86 core distribution (complete, using mini/meta-ports) > [snip] > > > > So here's my question: > > > > With XFree86 already installed on the machine, how would I go about > > installing whatever I get from cvs? > > > > Do I need to deinstall (pkg_delete) the currently installed XFree86 > > first? > > That would be very much preferable. > > > Can I install over the currently installed version? > > If you like to diagnose annoying problems. ;) > > > This last question is out of my own curiousity as its the first time I'm > > attempting this: > > I've been to the ftp site at XFree86, and the docs at > > ftp://xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.3.0 appear to be (dated) the same as the > > version I already have installed on the machine at the moment. Is it > > possible that the latest cvs version is *not* actually different (hence > > containing the fix I require) to my currently installed version? > > Clarifying: > > CVS version is different - it's the very latest up-to-the-minute version. > There is a CVS changelog on the Web. Because it hasn't been tested by a > wide variety of users, it's more subject to being broken in unknown ways. > Still, problems should be rare. > > There is more than one FTP version. You found 4.3.0, which of course is > the same version used by the FreeBSD port. There are also 'snapshot' > versions. Possibly due to a bit of a flap (I understate) going on re the > openness and governance of X development, a snapshot was released very > recently. The snapshot is available as a binary, so you needn't take the > time to compile from source if you'd prefer not to. > > Though I'm not taking the time to locate links ATM, if you have any > difficulty finding what you want, feel free to e-mail me off list. > > Jud
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