Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:53:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Joe Schmoe <non_secure@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few X questions (small X load for small drive needed) Message-ID: <20040625235153.N843@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <20040625212157.74035.qmail@web53305.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040625212157.74035.qmail@web53305.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Joe Schmoe wrote: > Hi, > > I just loaded XFree86-4 from the ports tree on my > laptop, running 5.2.1-RELEASE. > > It took about 2.5 gigs of space to compile and add it > all. > > Let's say I have a small hard drive in an old laptop, > and let's also assume that I am just loading X to just > have a simple GUI to run opera and terminal windows > on, and don't need a big fancy X server or whatever > ... > > What are some options I can add to the standard `make > install` command for that port to significantly reduce > the size of X ? Did you do a # make clean in your /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 directory after installation? This should reduce dik space significntly. Regards, Uli. > > Any general comments on making a smaller/faster/more > efficient X for an old laptop are greatly appreciated. > > thanks. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+
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