From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 15:05:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0883D16A469 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:05:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8AE713C457 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:05:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.05) with ESMTP id l5CF5KmW029115 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:05:20 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l5CF5Jrl009222 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:05:20 -0700 Message-ID: <466EB62E.8090605@u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:05:18 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070612085543.02C8.GERARD@seibercom.net> <20070612132921.GA70847@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070612132921.GA70847@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.12.74533 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_SUBJ_9 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: well done xorg porters!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:05:21 -0000 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > Having looked through various messages complaing about the latest xorg, > I'd like to say a big thankyou to all those who wrote the xorg port, > much appreciated. It was clearly a significant undertaking. > As usual, thorough quidelines, easy installation, nice merging script. > Works fine on my PIII compaq armada 2GB disk laptop under FBSD 6.2-stable. > > well done! > > The only other thing I'd like to see would be some additional build options > to choose something like the minimum config, e.g. only the minimum > required fonts. > > thanks > anton > > That can be done by individually installing fonts packages until you find the required minimum, but that's trial and error, and takes a little bit of time. I do agree though -- a minimum set of fonts for a working X11 distribution would be nice. -Garrett