From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 01:24:45 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 27C8516A41A for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 01:24:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu (smtp3.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08C9B13C4A6 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 01:24:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (cpe-76-185-121-253.tx.res.rr.com [76.185.121.253]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id B93F26550C for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:02:34 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:02:42 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <98ECC10257BD242C6DC7D050@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========DAF087AA4DC9F5B6F9F6==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 01:24:45 -0000 --==========DAF087AA4DC9F5B6F9F6========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On October 31, 2007 12:43:48 PM -0400 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, with one caveat. You need to run mergebase.sh or manually create the = symlink for /usr/X11R6. /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh > Should I have set up that > vulnerability database? > I assume you refer to portaudit? I don't think the order you install it=20 in is all that important. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========DAF087AA4DC9F5B6F9F6==========--