From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 18:36:21 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 4AEE216A473 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:36:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C9B013C4A7 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:36:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankstaals@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 01 Nov 2007 18:09:18 -0000 Received: from ip176-173-59-62.adsl.versatel.nl (EHLO Rena.FStaals.net) [62.59.173.176] by mail.gmx.net (mp029) with SMTP; 01 Nov 2007 19:09:18 +0100 X-Authenticated: #25365336 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX189mLtgBTU9xCFsQzpVvlgYX/lmsePpufRdTUc7kr 1dIkQgLBIYsXGk Message-ID: <472A161F.1070007@gmx.net> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:08:31 +0100 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070929) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Schmehl References: <98ECC10257BD242C6DC7D050@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <98ECC10257BD242C6DC7D050@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 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 18:36:21 -0000 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 Isn't the default X11BASE for 6.2 still on /usr/X11R6/ I thought it still was, then you will run into trouble again when you are going to update Xorg again in the future. So I think you will need a X11BASE=${LOCALBASE} in /etc/make.conf -- -Frank Staals