From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 29 19:29:47 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 E9C6216A4CE; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:29:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail3.cableone.net [24.116.0.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87AE143D53; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:29:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.122.85]) by smail3.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.9b) with ESMTP id 29117717 for multiple; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:14:32 -0700 Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:29:39 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: "Owen.G" Message-Id: <20040729142939.6de1dc7b@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <41094335.4020405@onlinehome.de> References: <410909CB.3060105@onlinehome.de> <20040729165349.GA45316@arved.at> <41094335.4020405@onlinehome.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: Tilman Linneweh cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 4.4 port - timescale? 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: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:29:48 -0000 On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:34:29 +0200 "Owen.G" wrote: > Cheers Tilman, > > I just checked again on Ports for "5.2-CURRENT/i386" and > "5.2.1-RELEASE/i386": > version = XFree86-4.3.0,1 > > True, www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/RELNOTES2.html#4 does say: > 'Summary of new features in 4.4.0. "A new driver for several VIA > integrated graphics chipsets has been added."' and offers a source > code download. > > I bought this PC so that, as a newbie, I don't twat the "working" > copy of M$ on my other PC and to always have a working PC with a > browser. CVSup and installing from ports is (only just) within my > abilities (if nothing complains) - there's no way I'd be able to > install from a tarball. Besides, isn't "Ports" the "preferred" > installation medium for FreeBSD? > > So my question remains, how long for XFree86-4.4 in ports? > 5.3-RELEASE/i386" perhaps? > > Is it also stupid of me to have a LCD monitor capable of only > 1280x768 when the VIA driver documentation at www.xfree86.org says > the VIA driver's display resolutions are: > > Option "PanelSize" "string" > Specify the size (width x height) of the LCD panel attached to the > system. Sizes 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1400x1050 > are supported. > > Owen > ==== > > Tilman Linneweh wrote: > > * "Owen.G" [Do, 29 Jul 2004 at 16:29 GMT]: > > > >>I just had a look at the FreeBSD Ports page: > >>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi > >> > >>and there's no sign of XFree86 4.4 yet. > >> > >>Questions: > >>1, Does anybody know the timescale of the port for XFree86 4.4? > >>2, Will the port of XFree86 4.4 be important enough that it will > >be >announced on the "freebsd-announce" mailing list? > > > > > > AFAIK the XFree86 4.4 ports are currently tested. > > > > On CURRENT the X.org ports are now the default, they should work > > with your VIA too. There has been some sort of problem getting XFree86 4.4 into the ports. Not sure what. But Xorg should work if it was supported XFree86 4.4, since for all effective purposes XFree86 4.4 and Xorg is the same thing... due to when the fork happened...