From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 30 02:47:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E80CF106566C; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:47:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com (mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A389A8FC0A; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:47:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbwd18 with SMTP id wd18so15033692obb.13 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:47:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=X9fHaxD3oqcs9vUKb3RDaH81jWqaRA+3GUcZ6o8dHz8=; b=TWuEON0EloG8jkMHr1kIqegHdqGC+r5Md2oqbq8j4IfRU7coDTep6bQHtPk29ETJdT kRLNFqiZaQCQzpnRxEDnqsHrxGudQYcR80sX+77kMRKwDVzZMJ6I7zGpzbDXXoNXK0Xq z5kGYEI184elUSvOMTeyDE0TwtKw232H8AsFM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.159.70 with SMTP id xa6mr33075800obb.1.1325213263185; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:47:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.152.6 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:47:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1325200420.23680.YahooMailClassic@web113503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:47:43 -0800 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Eitan Adler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, pfg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up xorg, the quick and dirty method (was "Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool") X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:47:44 -0000 On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >>> >>> cd x11/xorg >>> make config-recursive >>> make install >>> # An hour or so passes by on a fast machine >> >> This is the part I specifically want to avoid. No >> one downloads a DVD to have to build X11 as a port. > > Try x11-minimal instead. That works too. I was just trying to provide a quick and dirty method of installing everything from scratch. I'm sure there are more suitable packages for achieving the same means to the end pfg@ is seeking. Thanks, -Garrett