From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 00:33:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7E6616A418 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:33:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0102.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E92413C4A3 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:33:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id s42so166991rnb for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:32:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=TQdr9OONJAgONBV8V1JV23BLMq40dsAM8YmdzcdpP44=; b=MXq4vh/8Z2Xb9mB4zC23MRQJ2Ut+ueF1rXv7Pw14OaWKeka60kYCNrP+pHPM74O3dqoH/w5Pgse71t6I00nxjXRjdZed/a0qGJyZRwweA4K1EpfxPl/s530tdkLXJdClEOEE9PwYDTx/9F/OrPhDppWSG5KieKHFU3DhnqaXU58= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=ocXtHS05MZC91ayHQwYM+4/zU6i9FTrSRd1bTU6/d+drkBR0ti+uqSzy9yUNcg+TItCtHRYBzCsr4x2dpzSDu0GsSpqfIOx0kx5MTuX/q7RPBczgqrtQThoFvsWUrBSmP1hIsdVAdXV31Byu125rwsPZqDi0A8OFrhsJe1gWHU0= Received: by 10.142.245.10 with SMTP id s10mr287784wfh.1193877172694; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:32:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.180.12 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:32:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:32:52 -0600 From: James To: John In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3 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: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:33:54 -0000 On 10/31/07, John wrote: > > I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let > me > know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions. > > I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a crack > at *BSD to see what I'm missing. But it never works out. > > So, trying again... > > I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3. I > tried > to accomplish this over the course of several installs. In the end, I > decided this should work: > > a) install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports) > > b) portsnap fetch > > c) portsnap extract > > d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg and make install clean > > When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I want. > > Is this the right procedure to start with? Yes. The file you should be aware of from now on is /usr/ports/UPDATING. It's notes for updating. But you didn't update anything, you installed from scratch. Should I have set up that > vulnerability database? What're you thinking of? portaudit? Any advice appreciated. > > John > _______________________________________________ > 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" >