Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:32:19 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> To: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: Samuel V Green III <macunkie@gmail.com>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xorg 7.5.2 on powerpc 9.0 Stable ? Message-ID: <20120616183219.7f4882f6@narn.knownspace> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOs0gbvpWzBo-B_XE3%2BVi1MCJYTxg=q_hN4BqrkQWOrFFA@mail.gmail.com> References: <9FEC7A21-71D0-4314-8BA0-2EFDED4683F8@gmail.com> <CAHSQbTBi%2BMuPTN1iDPt4T1vRM3q5E-1rHCH5zpgLZs-Vd88VuQ@mail.gmail.com> <EDE1A071-342F-4319-BDE4-45EDAEB2EC08@gmail.com> <CAHSQbTBrjdb11oTsLuwhpKmJN3twJGpSq5jdZY-PsOE=fzyGJg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOs0gbvpWzBo-B_XE3%2BVi1MCJYTxg=q_hN4BqrkQWOrFFA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:45:36 -0400 Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Justin Hibbits > <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> wrote: > > -CURRENT is the development version (not released, only compile from > > source), so newer than 9.0. =C2=A0Normal users, especially new users, > > should stick with the releases. > > > > You may want to ask on freebsd-x11 mailing list for help with the > > Xorg port. > > > > - Justin > > > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Samuel V Green III > > <macunkie@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Thanks Justin, > >> > >> As a "newbie" =C2=A0can you help me understand what "-CURRENT" means ? > >> After my fresh install of 9.0 stable, =C2=A0I ran > >> portsnap fetch > >> portsnap extract > >> portsnap update > >> Which updated to xorg 7.5.2 where I had build errors. > >> Is "-CURRENT a powerpc version of FreeBSD" =C2=A0that is available that > >> I should be installing as a base system rather than 9.0 stable ? > >> > >> Thanks again for your help ! > >> > >> Samuel. > >> > >> > >> On Jun 15, 2012, at 7:15 AM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Samuel V Green III > >> <macunkie@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >>> Has anyone successfully built this meta port on 9.0 stable ? > >>> I received =C2=A0and error ( not a broken pipe) =C2=A0but some depend= ency > >>> error, and reinstalled 9.0 stable to get the original xorg 7.5.1. > >>> So far my build of xorg 7.5.1 is building fine. =C2=A0I originally > >>> =C2=A0had it built, and gnome2 installed but afterwords could not get > >>> any internet connection configured. > >>> So I elected to start over figuring I choose wrong config options > >>> of the org 7.5.1 install. > >>> > >>> Any ppc users successfully get xorg 7.5.2 to build ? > >>> > >>> Thank you, > >>> > >>> Samuel. > >>> > >> > >> I have Xorg 7.5.2 installed on my G4, working just fine. =C2=A0However, > >> this is -CURRENT, but it shouldn't be too dissimilar from 9.0 in > >> that regard. =C2=A0I haven't tried building gnome, though. > >> > >> - Justin > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 > Justin, > What Samuel may need to do is install from 9.0 and upgrade the source > to CURRENT for building world and KERNEL. >=20 > Samuel, >=20 > Xorg should be built with only what you need on POWER(PC) machines. > The meta port of Xorg will break due to a few drivers being i386/amd64 > only. Take a look at dmesg for the card vendor. On the forums there > exists the how to thread for installing to a G3; however, the > references to Xorg apply to all Power machines. Super- A novice user should _never_ run -CURRENT, as it's not guaranteed to be stable, or even compile, at any given time. That's not to say nobody should use -CURRENT, because of course we want people to use it to find bugs, but new users should stick with releases until they're comfortable enough with FreeBSD to move on. - Justin
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