From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 13 14:36:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 314ED16A41F for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:36:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp9.wanadoo.fr (smtp9.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D3A543D45 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:36:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0907.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 6FF781C00129 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:36:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (ADijon-151-1-28-66.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr [83.194.124.66]) by mwinf0907.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 107ED1C00124; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:36:23 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20060113143624677.107ED1C00124@mwinf0907.wanadoo.fr Message-ID: <43C7B871.6040405@xs4all.nl> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:25:53 +0100 From: offbyone User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20060109) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Slade References: <43C78D52.60301@xs4all.nl> <1137157930.28855.56.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1137157930.28855.56.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:36:26 -0000 Robert Slade wrote: > On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 11:21, offbyone wrote: > >>My problem: >>Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: >>the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org >>After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as >>"stale dependency(ies)" It's a bore repeatedly to point new and upgraded >> ports to XFree86-libraries-4.5.0, etc. (and there is no XFree86 >>component that corresponds directly to X.org-TrueType, or is there?) >>My questions: >>0.) How to change the underlying o.s. default expectation to XFree86 AND >> is this a good idea for the present and future of 5.x? >>1.) Is a better solution to bite the bullet, deinstall all XFree86 >>components and install X.org, since FreeBDS is 5.x? >>(N.B. I do not want to start a flame over XFree86 vs. X.org. That's a >>too-old and pointless debate, and I have no inherent reason to prefer >>one over the other.) >>Thanks, very much. for more info, suggestions. >>Jake >> > > > Jake, > > I am sorry I do not have an answer. but when I installed 5.4 not long > ago it installed Xorg as the default from the iso. Did you update to 5.4 > from an earlier version? > > Rob > > > Yes, from 5.1-RELEASE on CD-ROM; cvsup to 5.4-STABLE and built from source. # uname -a is: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 #0: Sun Jan 8 15:26:20 CET 2006 X.org is included in the distribution, and I knew about the changed default. I just reflexively went with XFree86 during the install, out of long-established habit with FreeBSD. - Jake