Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 11:39:30 -0400 From: Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com> To: David Huff <david@ti.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0 for Dummies ? Message-ID: <20010507113929.C777@guinness.osdn.com> In-Reply-To: <20010507085825.B11494@armadillo.itg.ti.com>
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On Mon, 07 May 2001 at 08:58:25 -0500, David Huff wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to get X working under FreeBSD 4.3 on my newly built system: > > Asus A7Pro mainboard (VIA KT133 chipset) > AMD Duron 850 > 256 Mb PC133 memory > ATI Radeon 32 Mb DDR AGP card > > From my examination of the FreeBSD 4.3 CD I burned from the ISO image, > it looks like it ships with XFree86 3.3.x, and I need at least release > 4.0.2 for my Radeon. > > I've looked at the binary packages under: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.3-release > > and can't determine just which I should download. Would someone be so > kind as to list the packages I'd need ? I'd assume at least one from > .../x11-servers + perhaps a lib dependency or two ? > > Once I have pkg_add-ed what I need, could someone let me know what the > XFree86 4.0.x version of /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config is ? I've > configured XFree86 3.3.x a number of times with various tools, but > have never touched 4.0.x until now :) You're making this much more difficult than it needs to be. All you have to do is install the X 4 port: # cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 # make install distclean See http://www.freebsdzine.org/200101/x4.php3 for more details (it was written for X 4.0.2, but applies to 4.0.3 as well). - jim -- - jim mock <mij@osdn.com> - O|S|D|N - open source development network - - http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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