From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 12 13:19:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F49E16A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:19:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from blv-smtpout-01.boeing.com (blv-smtpout-01.boeing.com [130.76.32.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1197143D3F for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:19:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sandysj@juno.com) Received: from blv-av-01.boeing.com ([192.42.227.216])id NAA21737 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:19:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from blv-hub-01.boeing.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])NAA23265 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:19:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from juno.com (esg164.ca.boeing.com [136.203.135.132]) i2CLEnv13297 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:14:49 -0800 (PST) Sender: jps1330@blv-hub-01.boeing.com Message-ID: <40522865.CE56820B@juno.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:15:17 -0800 From: Jeff Sandys X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76i [en] (X11; U; AIX 4.3) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: XFree86-3.3.6 on FreeBSD-4.9 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 21:19:35 -0000 Can I use XFree86-3.3.6 server on FreeBSD-4.9 ? I installed FreeBSD-4.5 on my old 486 VLB computer and x-windows worked fine. This is a sweet old computer, I like to call it the fastest 486 in the west; with a 5x86 processor @ 150Mhz and a 50Mhz VLB bus and parity ram, it is a very stable and useable computer. I decided to Upgrade to FreeBSD-4.9, and ended up with XFree86-4.3. I couldn't get startx to run. It turns out that the Trio64 is not supported in XFree86-4.x. Can I use XFree86-3.3.6 on FreeBSD-4.9 ? How do I install XFree86-3.3.6 from my FreeBSD-4.5 distribution? (it is not in the ports but in separate folders) What sort of problems might I have with such a configuration? I searched the mail archives and found a message in freebsd-x11 titled "please fix your port" by S.C.Gehl in Dec 2003 where they complain about x-server not working on a Trio64 after upgrading to 4.9. They are probably having the same problem that I am. When I first upgraded to FreeBSD-4.9 the Xfree86 port wouldn't load, because expat had a package problem. But I was able to start windowmaker so I presume that XFree86-3.3.6 was still available. After I downloaded a version of expat that would load and loaded XFree86-4.3 then I couldn't startx. Thanks, Jeff Sandys