From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Sep 18 9:35:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7832C37B410 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:35:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] helo=dogma) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #7) id 15jNq7-000FHf-00; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 17:35:15 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma (8.11.4/8.11.1) id f8IGZEc51937; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 17:35:14 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 17:35:14 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: Jeff Lee Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does installing X require the compat3x and compat4x dists Message-ID: <20010918173514.B51703@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010918012828.A98117@dragon.nuxi.com> <008301c1405d$0aa33990$38934dc7@cnd.gatech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <008301c1405d$0aa33990$38934dc7@cnd.gatech.edu>; from dibble@cc.gatech.edu on Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:14:49PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:14:49PM -0400, Jeff Lee wrote: | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- | Hash: SHA1 | | I've never understood that either, but I assumed that someone had a | good reason for it. Why is XFree86 3.3.6 installed by default | instead of 4.X? I *believe* for two reasons: When 4.x came out, it was considered less secure. 4.x didn't support as many chipsets as 3.x, so for maximum useability, they just go with 3.x. I've tried getting 4.x to work on my machine and it doesn't. I'll try again when I can install from CD, or at least install the latest port, which might work better. jcm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message