From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 08:53:39 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 19BE5106566B for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:53:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gloomweaver.pittgoth.com (gloomweaver.pittgoth.com [205.134.165.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE7E28FC14 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:53:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost.fbsdsecure.org (net-ix.gw.ai.net [205.134.160.6]) (authenticated bits=0) by gloomweaver.pittgoth.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3M8buY3029162 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:37:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:31:48 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Manolis Kiagias Message-Id: <20090422043148.255f0ad5.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <49EDF2A7.8060803@gmail.com> References: <49ED0056.5010706@gmail.com> <49EDF2A7.8060803@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: trhodes@FreeBSD.org, rene@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org, pgj@FreeBSD.org 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: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:53:39 -0000 On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:21:59 +0300 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > 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 ;) Looks good, I remember having some of these issues myself when I did the upgrade. :) -- Tom Rhodes