From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 7 16:00:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46FEE1065672 for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 16:00:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (megatron.madpilot.net [88.149.173.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9205B8FC14 for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 16:00:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8487E1D09; Fri, 7 May 2010 18:00:32 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=madpilot.net; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:subject :from:from:date:date:received:received; s=mail; t=1273248029; x= 1275062429; bh=Nw6yfZD2u8blzfv2wZ+ZCOET8R/WIbPzWdRV/ASZQxY=; b=e KBvXldIe4KYHZKFQvigsEaSwkLIucY9hA0o4ToTz50+/kJbjNbS4clkTe3hgtUXi Io1pGuqhtctT9ZKD2X7Qpr8BOFXv/TtXwqIv3e29HXDpl9eVrVLuCV46ByW/5TaV WbC9WPTV1cgtaBVAKxlQDv4X/tOVQDKgEzV0+RwtLs= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at madpilot.net Received: from megatron.madpilot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by megatron.madpilot.net (megatron.madpilot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id 2G-XcPzzzbx6; Fri, 7 May 2010 18:00:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AC9B51CF7; Fri, 7 May 2010 18:00:29 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 18:00:29 +0200 From: Guido Falsi To: Freddie Cash Message-ID: <20100507160029.GE5564@megatron.madpilot.net> References: <19428.941.605850.331539@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20100507134401.GA5564@megatron.madpilot.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPDATING entry for X.org changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 16:00:34 -0000 On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 08:55:26AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Guido Falsi wrote: > > > On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 02:20:55PM +0200, Ren Ladan wrote: > > > 2010/5/7 Robert Huff : > > > > > > > > Is there one? I've been checking daily, and ... nothing. > > > > (Various sited, including just now "cvsup.freebsd.org:.) > > > > > > > > > > > No, there is indeed none for now. > > > > > > If you use portmaster you can just run 'portmaster -af' or follow the > > > instructions near the end of its manual page (before Doug Barton > > > goes correcting me ;) ) > > > > Why are you using "-af" forcing eqach and every port to be updated? I've > > just done it with "portmaster -a" and weverything just works(I was > > surprised too). > > > > Am I missing some important point which will look obvious tyo everyone > > reading this email? :) > > > > What would have been nice is a note that the default background for the > bare X server was changed from the nice grey/black checkerboard to solid > black. > > The portmaster update of X completed successfully. Starting X by itself (X > -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf) gave a black screen, like it had crashed. Tried > "X -configure" and "X -config ./xorg.conf.new". Same thing. Tried a couple > of different xorg.conf files, tried without a config file. All gave black > screens, similar to a crash of the X server or a driver bug. > > Deleted every port on the system and did a clean install of just xorg. Same > thing, black screen. On a whim, I tried "xinit /usr/local/bin/xterm" ... > ... ... and saw a black screen with a tiny xterm in the corner. Great ... > so things were working from the get go. > > So, after 2 days of compiling, I have a barebone KDE4 desktop running on > Xorg 7.5, with at least another 2 days of compiling before things are back > to where they were originally. :( > > At least that should be noted in UPDATING. That bit me a while ago too. This isn't new to Xorg 7.5. 7.4 did that too AFAIK. Anyway this is Xorg's fault, FreeBSD ports just usually follow upstream default policies. -- Guido Falsi