From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 16:22:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EF14106564A; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:22:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f167.google.com (mail-fx0-f167.google.com [209.85.220.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A01DF8FC1A; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:22:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so2623350fxm.43 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:22:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cEKuJRtIgF9RiDP0fGAPM9X3pdweiLC2Vs24/5QqZtk=; b=VqyC//9eHBMhaD8t9+vq0HKHuFM4djgsWxrrkON1//pmXzm3q0pa90L1ZZsuDXlAMS d6qQGHcI5SglQUqTuoqCcGXew7WZF/CcnFWom+iW/xarWtMx/DzyDES6C0ZbpquE6c2V sUhHOZ8m0f+nqY8Aa309nF41DDg+FT+pMHqIc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=FOaTUIlhpLpm16u66S0oJ/QejdsqYfYcO3FS1L00QEnpkdYhjzmlygU/dyZSjZToxL VGtkUOki8Uqqi8OfBTQ94w+V69s2DYjL+qBmCywBJ7ku7I2/knJWdH9HxXOO2VVWKkGy VxNCEmaVGpiQu2n5eqfEaVJWTJiG51vNrBGSo= Received: by 10.204.112.205 with SMTP id x13mr4451820bkp.170.1240330921213; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:22:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4489043.home.otenet.gr [94.71.75.91]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e17sm1522713fke.27.2009.04.21.09.22.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:22:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49EDF2A7.8060803@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:21:59 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090414) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rene Ladan References: <49ED0056.5010706@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Gabor PALI , "doc@FreeBSD.org" , Tom Rhodes Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce Xorg 7.4 to the X11 configuration section X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:22:04 -0000 Rene Ladan wrote: > 2009/4/21 Manolis Kiagias : > >> Hey all, >> >> Judging from the threads in questions, it seems the new Xorg has caused >> lots of trouble to users upgrading from 7.3 or installing for the first >> time (myself included). As there are a few important configuration >> changes (which I doubt will be undone by newer Xorg versions - it will >> probably get even more automated) I feel we should document some of >> these in the Handbook, updating the info already there. >> >> Here is a small patch for the X11 chapter which attempts to do this: >> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~manolis/x11.diff >> >> And the build: >> >> http://www.freebsdgr.org/handbook-mine/x-config.html >> >> This is much smaller than the 1000+ line monster of firewalls, and as >> always all comments are welcome :) >> > > The patch looks nice. Some grammar nits are at > ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/x11.rene.diff > > Patch updated, thanks! > I haven't tested the patch on a live system (!), I assume the > technical content is correct ;-) > > I can assure you, I've consumed all this 'advice' myself trying to upgrade / install 7.4 on more than a couple of systems ;)