From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 24 13:49:26 2003 Return-Path: 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 57C1F37B401 for ; Sat, 24 May 2003 13:49:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rutger.owt.com (rutger.owt.com [204.118.6.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFB8243F93 for ; Sat, 24 May 2003 13:49:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from topaz-out (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by rutger.owt.com (8.11.6p2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id h4OKn5V11431; Sat, 24 May 2003 13:49:05 -0700 From: Kent Stewart To: "Bob Perry" , Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 13:49:04 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <001501c32219$54e13d00$0501a8c0@masai> <200305241033.21492.kstewart@owt.com> <008901c32229$8f77c320$0501a8c0@masai> In-Reply-To: <008901c32229$8f77c320$0501a8c0@masai> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305241349.04763.kstewart@owt.com> Subject: Re: Lost XFree86-4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 20:49:26 -0000 On Saturday 24 May 2003 12:20 pm, Bob Perry wrote: > Thanks much for the quick response. I found two archived messages that > might apply. The first referenced my original upgrade problem suggesting > that I "pkg_delete -f" all XFree packages found with "pkg_info | grep > XFree". Then install the XFree86-4-Server. I assume all of the other > packages follow. The second message concerned upgrading from XFree86 3.x > to XFree86 4.x. Here, the recommendation was to remove /usr/X11R6 entirely > then install XFree86 4.x. > > The overall message seems to suggest removing anything having to do with > X11R6 and reinstall from the beginning.. When I went from 3.3.6 to 4.x, I didn't have to do that; however, it appeared the radical solution was faster. You had to start at something like Imake and go up or down depending on how you view the port system. I alway make a package when I build a port and reinstalling from ../All wouldn't be a problem because the 4.x tarballs would still be there. The big problem on the upgrade was reconfiging XF86Config. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html