From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jul 7 10:18:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B8D37B400 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 10:18:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-203.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C0D143E54 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 17:18:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Received: from topperwein (topperwein [192.168.168.10]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g67H1ltl017315 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 13:01:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 13:01:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: Chris BeHanna To: FreeBSD-Stable Subject: Re: Better to make XFree86-4 when XFree86-3 isn't running? In-Reply-To: <200207070009.06225.duhring@charter.net> Message-ID: <20020707125944.Y17224-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Dave Uhring wrote: > On Sunday 07 July 2002 12:00 am, Jason Porter wrote: > > I'm running XFree86 version 3.3.6 I think (or whatever the 3 version > > is that 4.5 came with). Would it be better to make version 4.2.0 > > without X running? I also know I'll need to change XF86Config file, > > but that's not too much of a problem. Thanks for the help. > > If you are using an ATI Rage Pro video adapter you would be well advised > to completely avoid the newest version of XFree86. Works great with the (three-year-old) ATI Rage Mobility in my HP 4150B. YMMV. I tar'd up all of /usr/X11R6 and all of /etc/X11 when I jumped from 3.3.6 to 4.0. You're advised to do the same. -- Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com Principal Consultant PennaSoft Corporation chris@pennasoft.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message