From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 18:54:49 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 4371016A417 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:54:49 +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 20EC313C4B5 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:54:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E984C6550C for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:51:28 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:51:28 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <12994D152043444CF0D4E49D@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20071101085057.GA21769@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <98ECC10257BD242C6DC7D050@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> <20071101085057.GA21769@owl.midgard.homeip.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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 18:54:49 -0000 --On Thursday, November 01, 2007 09:50:57 +0100 Erik Trulsson wrote: > 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. 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/