From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 08:51:54 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 70AFD16A41B for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 08:51:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30E9313C49D for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 08:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:52743 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1InVlw-0002lA-7f for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:51:28 +0100 Received: (qmail 42725 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2007 09:50:57 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 1 Nov 2007 09:50:57 +0100 Received: (qmail 21785 invoked by uid 1001); 1 Nov 2007 09:50:57 +0100 Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:50:57 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Paul Schmehl Message-ID: <20071101085057.GA21769@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Schmehl , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <98ECC10257BD242C6DC7D050@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <98ECC10257BD242C6DC7D050@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1InVlw-0002lA-7f. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1InVlw-0002lA-7f f23497be4aef45df8869b31eb4aec7ef 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 08:51:54 -0000 On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 08:02:42PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --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 No, that is not necessary if he installs everything from scratch. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se