Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 16:21:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Stanaford <rsstan@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree-4 installation on -STABLE Message-ID: <20000703232119.17091.qmail@web3105.mail.yahoo.com>
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According to XFree86's webpages.. www.xfree86.org ... 4.0-RELEASE's design is fundamentally different from 3.3.x. You would probably do well to uninstall XFree86, saving your configs for reference, and then try 4.0 again. If I understand what I read last night, 4.0 was not intended to be an upgrade from 3.3.6. I think version 4.0.1 is going up on the servers now too, but I didn't see it on the mirror I was at last night. Check the news page for updates. -Richard --- David Uhring <duhring@charter.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Stanaford" <rsstan@yahoo.com> > To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 5:41 PM > Subject: Re: XFree-4 installation on -STABLE > > > > > > I just wanna throw some caution out there. Make sure there is support for > your > > card before abandoning 3.3.6. I decided to RTFM before grabbing the 4.0 > > binaries only to find out that most of the legacy stuff.. S3 and so on > hasn't > > been ported yet. It's a day to day thing, so the update said, but driver > > support is still pretty spartan and in favor of the newer 3D cards. > > > > -Richard > > > > > > > > > > --- Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Maxime Henrion wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I just wanted to install the Xfree86-4 port on my -STABLE system > but > > > > can i just do make , make install as i'm already running XFree86 3.3.6 > ? > > > > IMO, i should delete the old XFree before, but it's not a port. I > chose > > > > installing it during the installation of FreeBSD. > > > > So, should i delete XFre86 3.3.6 and if so, how could i do ? I've > > > > not seen any docs on the handbook on that topic. > > > > > > pkg_delete(1) > > > > > > Kris > > > > > > -- > > > In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. > > > -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > > http://invites.yahoo.com/ > > > Hi all: > > I'm new to this forum and to trying to use -STABLE. I have implemented > XFree86-4.0 on OpenBSD-2.7 Beta successfully. I simply overlaid the > existing 3.3.6 installation with the new tarballs using XFree's installer. > Their config programs fail to work. I have a Linux-Mandrake-7.1 install > using their version of XFree86-4.0. Added some modelines to it (Mandrakes > XF86Config didn't have any), put it into /etc and executed startx. I've > presently lost the config file but will shortly rebuild it. If anyone is > interested, I'll be glad to post it. My video card is an ATI Rage Pro, but > the config file should be adaptable to any of the supported cards. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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