From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 27 18:57:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 274E11065672; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:57:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f165.google.com (mail-bw0-f165.google.com [209.85.218.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1308F8FC20; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:57:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so94663bwz.43 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:57:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dmO7IJIcs6IkewWE3OB3EGML/P6NlK7AuThqiFfjTzA=; b=fMGAON/3LJlUULpbzLf6/JddzU5ybkcnhJJXEzucVJasTUzPpBTXfuBFe+mo9BgAuI Jk2kfG+cjH8M/lULMQC44bqMR7gjiX2kKAoJCjsVQPZdrzlzYktzQI3fTre2o0maGbeA SO3CxIPYjAyLlCBRdHwCMvVw8PIIUafCaYLTk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HEn/zZh4fwhGp+sSfOM1uUWCwRLgCtwzhDUrBgIb+A43apc+cpke35JXAbF13NzSa/ wPot2RhfRKyCrNsUpmjn9SJ9OJyAg6OWAZJa++lxAPU3nr3Xe0IkiM8Om6u4ExE3+atW ZNlIrAkhjuiOkemPsVIyn8y3Daj3aKv7z40o8= Received: by 10.86.68.1 with SMTP id q1mr3570018fga.10.1240858626733; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4470795.home.otenet.gr [94.71.119.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e20sm4873761fga.5.2009.04.27.11.57.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49F60000.5010806@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:57:04 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090414) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Giorgos Keramidas References: <49ED0056.5010706@gmail.com> <49ED7000.70904@praxisvermittlung24.de> <49ED7C59.80808@gmail.com> <87zle2aq58.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <87zle2aq58.fsf@kobe.laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Gabor PALI , DS@praxisvermittlung24.de, "doc@FreeBSD.org" , Tom Rhodes Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce Xorg 7.4 to the X11 configuration section X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:57:10 -0000 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:57:13 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~manolis/x11.diff >>>> > > I a bit unsure about the .xinitrc and .xsession remove & restore dance > suggested in the patch. > > I'm inside a GDM session now and cannot test this, but I think the > following should work without changing anything in the default .xinitrc > or .xsession file of the user: > > $ startx /usr/local/bin/xterm -- :1 > > I'll test this a few minutes later, but if it works most of the new text > of the patch is not necessary. > > > Fact is I found (someone posted it in questions I think) that you can test the Xorg "the old way" by using the -retro switch: X -config /root/xorg.conf.new -retro I've tested this and it works fine, so I will probably revise the patch tomorrow - this will make it a lot smaller.