From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 18 15:06:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD1116A41C for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 15:06:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Received: from dc1.ihostsxode.net (dc1.ihostsxode.net [208.254.27.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CEA543D1D for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 15:06:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) X-Envelope-From: mark@mark-and-erika.com X-Scanned-By: eDoxs Corp Received: from millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (guinness.local.mark-and-erika.com [151.205.245.38]) by dc1.ihostsxode.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j5IEug70012000; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:56:42 -0400 Received: from millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5IF6a9G063110; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:06:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Received: (from mfrank@localhost) by millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j5IF6ZCB063109; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:06:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:06:35 -0400 From: Mark Frank To: Everett Batey , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050618150635.GA57905@millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com> Mail-Followup-To: Everett Batey , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200506172009.23372.kstewart@owt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Certified: Outgoing email is certified Windows Free. X-Unexpected-Header: The Spanish Inquisition X-System: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Subject: Re: Advice replacing Xorg with XFree86_4 - Nightmare on Elm Street Up_1 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, 18 Jun 2005 15:06:38 -0000 * On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 07:52:31AM -0700 Everett Batey wrote: > > Then after editing the /etc/make.conf file to point back to the > much more mature XFree86 .. What EVER POSSESSED us > to make Xorg a default without warning, mentioning it DOES NOT > understand some MODERN, POPULAR, DRIVERS, eg Mine. [snip] > Is there a faster way other than throwing in the towel on FreeBSD and > reverting to > Fedora or Knoppix for my public servers? Too late - looks like fedora now uses xorg too. http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/#sn-xwindows-xorg Mark -- "The fix is only temporary...unless it works." - Red Green