Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:51:28 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3 Message-ID: <12994D152043444CF0D4E49D@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20071101085057.GA21769@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <cff9f2d10710310943o7a334291iab8735e7948ed963@mail.gmail.com> <98ECC10257BD242C6DC7D050@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> <20071101085057.GA21769@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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--On Thursday, November 01, 2007 09:50:57 +0100 Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 08:02:42PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> --On October 31, 2007 12:43:48 PM -0400 John <nesredep@gmail.com> 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. It was when we did it here. How else would the symlink get created? In fact, xorg-libraries refused to install until we ran mergebase.sh. This was a pristine 6.2 RELEASE install without xorg, followed by a cvsup and the make install clean in the xorg meta port. -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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