Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:03:05 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Mayo <mayo@mayo.sk> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg/XFree86 and gnome Message-ID: <20040618063403.X76264@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <DB290C35-C08E-11D8-BC72-000A9597E310@mayo.sk> References: <20040616195959.G842@pukruppa.net> <1087409763.90450.0.camel@hood.oook.cz> <DB290C35-C08E-11D8-BC72-000A9597E310@mayo.sk>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-650510867-1087534985=:76264 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Mayo wrote: > I know you are talking about 2.7, but some people contemplating to switch= =20 > from xfree to xorg may find this useful. > > I have gnome 2.6 working perfectly fine with Xorg for almost a month now.= =20 > Everything runs smoothly, I just have to run pkgdb -F each time after cvs= up=20 > (that is until the xorg vs. xfree issue in ports is solved) to fix few=20 > dependencies. I tried a portupgrade of gnome2.7 this way (and deleted all=20 XFree86-* directories from the ports tree - to make sure nothing=20 will be reinstalled): As far as I can see many packages were rebuilt and installed correctly. > There was even noticeable increase in responsiveness of the > interface and the box itself. I am not sure about this, but there definitely is no decrease. Uli. > > mayo > > On Jun 16, 2004, at 11:16, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > >> V st, 16. 06. 2004 v 20:09, Peter Ulrich Kruppa p=ED=9Ae: >>=20 >>> Since nothing spectacular happend since my upgrade to gnome-2.7 >>> (it simply works) I would like to test xorg . >>> Or should I wait for XFree86-4.4 (I believe I have read, someone >>> is working on it). >>> ... Or just go ahead and see what happens? >>>=20 >>> Thanks for good or well meant advices. >>=20 >> Go for it, it should just work. Tell us afterwards. Don't wait for >> XFree86 4.4, they are not coming RSN, as I heard. >>=20 >> --=20 >> Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> >> <pav@FreeBSD.org> >>=20 >> Knight: We shall say Ny! again to you if you do not appease us. >> Arthur: All right. What do you want? >> Knight: We want... a shruberry! > =09+---------------------------+ =09| Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+ --0-650510867-1087534985=:76264--
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