From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 16 07:18:43 2003 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 5DF8B37B494 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 07:18:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E309E43FB1 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 07:18:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1050934719.f85879@mired.org) Received: (qmail 83265 invoked from network); 16 Apr 2003 14:18:39 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 16 Apr 2003 14:18:39 -0000 Received: by guru.mired.org (tmda-inject, from uid 100); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:18:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16029.26174.609444.425121@guru.mired.org> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:18:38 -0500 To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com In-Reply-To: <1050488839.695.61.camel@localhost> References: <1050488839.695.61.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.74 (Citation) cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Latest XFree86 version vs today's portupgraded version 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: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 14:18:44 -0000 In <1050488839.695.61.camel@localhost>, Stacey Roberts typed: > 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. Glad there's a fix for you. > With XFree86 already installed on the machine, how would I go about > installing whatever I get from cvs? Follow their directions to compile and install the software. > Do I need to deinstall (pkg_delete) the currently installed XFree86 > first? No, you don't. /usr/X11R6 before installing the new version. > Can I install over the currently installed version? Yes, you can. Every file in the current install should be replaced by a new install of the CVS version, as it should be nearly identical to what you have. I think that, if you have the space, I'd do: # cp -r /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6-fbsd # pkg_delete -f XFree86-4.3.0.1 # Then, after you've verified that everything is working properly, delete /usr/X11R6-fbsd. Come to think of it, if you can figure out which driver has changed, just backing up and installing that one driver might be preferable. I can't provide detailed instructions for that, though. > 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? While it's possible, it's not likely. In fact, the folks at XFree86 are telling you they are different. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.