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Subject: Re: A few X questions (small X load for small drive needed)
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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.
>
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