From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 9 08:28:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72FF916A400 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:28:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eti@erata.net) Received: from s1.net-solution.ro (s1.net-solution.ro [65.98.58.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 235E713C468 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:28:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eti@erata.net) Received: (qmail 24063 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2007 11:01:56 +0300 Received: from 223.126.77.82.static.cluj.rdsnet.ro (HELO toshiba) (82.77.126.223) by s1.net-solution.ro with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 9 Jun 2007 11:01:56 +0300 From: Iulian M Organization: www.erata.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 11:01:09 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <010001c7aa63$100adca0$6601a8c0@KGISH> <20070609075227.GA13754@gronau-fs> In-Reply-To: <20070609075227.GA13754@gronau-fs> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2854759.iXIkg5xOKG"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200706091101.13262.eti@erata.net> Subject: Re: Woes of xorg 7.2 upgrade ... 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: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:28:36 -0000 --nextPart2854759.iXIkg5xOKG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 09 June 2007, Jens B wrote: > * Kiffin Gish [2007-06-09 09:45]: > > I've been struggling now for 2 weeks trying to do the xorg upgrade, > > following the upgrading instructions to a tee, but it has turned into a > > complete mess. > > > > If worse comes to worse, what it the best way to proceed? > > > > Is there an easy way just to reinstall xorg from scratch? > > > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > > > -- > > Kiffin Rex Gish > > Gouda, The Netherlands > > In such cases the best would be to deinstall xorg with all > dependencies and install xorg from scratch. > > hi, Depending on your setup it might be a good idea to remove All the ports=20 installed and check /usr/local ( i guess /usr/X11R6 is already a symlink )= =20 for orphaned files that might get in the way of a new install.=20 To speed up the initial install of xorg you could use binary packages and i= f=20 you feel like it recompile after from ports... at least you will have X=20 working in the meantime.=20 =2D-=20 Best Regards, Iulian Margarintescu http://www.erata.net eti@erata.net (spamassassin & pf & spamd all said it's OK to make it public ;-) ) Key ID: 0x03176E5CEDEFF7AB I prefer plain text email --nextPart2854759.iXIkg5xOKG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGal5FAxduXO3v96sRAuVGAJsGkkad7QNBG4+sOaIDPi+NlEJFBQCghaHV XuaiKOja1VZ/v7zHQpS9pdA= =DLQF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2854759.iXIkg5xOKG--