Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 10:31:31 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: "Bob Perry" <rperry4@earthlink.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lost XFree86-4 Message-ID: <200305241031.31974.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <001501c32219$54e13d00$0501a8c0@masai> References: <001501c32219$54e13d00$0501a8c0@masai>
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On Saturday 24 May 2003 10:24 am, Bob Perry wrote: > I just deinstalled XFree86 -4.X and built XFree86 3.X in error. I > deinstalled XFree86 3.x before setup and tried use the ports collection to > install XFree86 4.3.0,1. The process began indicating that XFree86-4.3.0,1 > depended on shared library : X11.6 which was "not found". It began to > configure XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_5 but was unable to locate two files: > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config/host.def, and > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config/xf86site.def. Shortly afterward I received a > series of "Error code 1" messages: > > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-libraries/work/xc. > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-libraries/work > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-libraries/ > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 > > My problems originated while I was unsuccessful at upgrading > XFree86-FontServer and XFree86-client due to a missing font lXfont. I was > trying to remedy that situation when I fouled up here. > > I'm running FreeBSD-RELEASE 4.7 and would appreciate some advice as to how > I can cleanly get things back to normal. > > Thanks in advance and have a happy holiday. > > Bob They usual technique to upgrade was to do something like remove X11R6/*. You need to search the archive on what was suggested, pkg_delete and etc. and then do a clean reinstall of 4.x. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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