From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 7 16:04:02 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 61E16106566B for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 16:04:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1602D8FC1C for ; Fri, 7 May 2010 16:04:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwaa20 with SMTP id a20so308183gwa.13 for ; Fri, 07 May 2010 09:03:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=j/kVhjP9m6YUbZrgHBTbItOpXDhdHEIbkXsmqDkqv+A=; b=aRLlesmJnRf0LIjHNTQ/UbmGjxrON6TbsA1gHgDWyzALWoDzjHvlJxt45h4v+tRj4w v8wBovT3mJVcZUkgCb4CTdpDbd97o8C7+li8nx4nUzOdt7/L0Yhq3yOIWsaPlWYNNHr1 bCDZLVPeGifO6wyoIagKq/C+9Ug9TsmTwS/AU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=oVgYMz1PNfsxKNGtF+BMQpvoWqfENbrzEyf+BSFmxsLhzQTCxYaYmC8MlDcbXTv5JB HHf4Ip/Hfi2FLuzLW6MfTJNDEw5o1KB3PgaDFkMTijzXU47Xptx5/aSK51fvult/hnh8 144/HX6ousex6ah0WgvbmOQiDcVEqxjfygSwA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.184.74 with SMTP id cj10mr109600ibb.19.1273248237127; Fri, 07 May 2010 09:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.32.133 with HTTP; Fri, 7 May 2010 09:03:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100507160029.GE5564@megatron.madpilot.net> References: <19428.941.605850.331539@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20100507134401.GA5564@megatron.madpilot.net> <20100507160029.GE5564@megatron.madpilot.net> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 09:03:56 -0700 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: 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 16:04:02 -0000 On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Guido Falsi wrote: > On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 08:55:26AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > > 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. > > I don't remember this being an issue for the 7.4 update, I remember the checkerboard pattern. But that may have been pre-7.4. I just know that this is the first time it's not been the checkerboard pattern. > Anyway this is Xorg's fault, FreeBSD ports just usually follow upstream > default policies. > > Never said it was FreeBSD's fault, or the Xorg port maintainer's fault. Just that it was a major change in expected behaviour, and could use a note in UPDATING. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com