Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:27:54 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: el.nadow@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems for running Xorg 7.2 from scratch Message-ID: <20070723172754.03af5565@localhost> In-Reply-To: <bf79ce230707221954t23eb615er10c2d3c1f1427911@mail.gmail.com> References: <bf79ce230707221954t23eb615er10c2d3c1f1427911@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:54:36 +0200
"Antonio Évora" <el.nadow@gmail.com> wrote:
> Basically it seems that it cant found /usr/local/bin/X because in fact
> it doesnt exist. I would like to know which port/s do I have to
> install for avoiding the meta port of xorg 7.2 which would install a
> lot of things that I really dont need...
I suggest you install the metaport (from packages , much faster : portinstall -pP xorg ) and then delete what you dont need.
> But I also ask you... when I
> installed XFCE and GDM, Shouldnt have their dependencies already
> installed the basics of xorg so I could run the X?
if you check xfce + gdm dependencies you'll see they depend on xorg-libraries, not xorg, which makes sense - you may want to run your display on a remote machine - u need xfce + the libraries locally, and xorg in the box with the video card and monitor.
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