Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 17:32:03 -0700 From: "William Woods" <wwoods@cybcon.com> To: "FreeBSD Alpha" <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org>, "Steve Price" <sprice@hiwaay.net> Subject: RE: Compiling XFree on an alpha.. Message-ID: <000001be936a$0895e410$1b4c93cd@william> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9904301610020.22021-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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You realise this really sucks....... I would really probably be pushing things to ask if there were precompiled packages avaliable for this eh...... William > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Price [mailto:sprice@hiwaay.net] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 2:14 PM > To: William Woods > Cc: FreeBSD Alpha > Subject: RE: Compiling XFree on an alpha.. > > > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, William Woods wrote: > > # OK, I applied this patch and now when I go to compile, I dont > get the option > # to compile any VGA servers?? It starts right out asking: > # > # Do you want to build the Mono server [YES] > # " " " " S3 Server [YES] > # " " " " S3V Server [YES] > # " " " " Mach16 Server [YES] > # " " " " P9000 server [YES] > # " " " " I128 server [YES] > # " " " " GLINT Server [YES] > # " " " " TGA Server [YES] > # > # default server to instal. [none] > # > # ------------------------------------------ > # > # I answeder No to everything except what server to install, and > I put SVGA in > # there. > # > # Well, It compiled and installed everything...sorta...I have no Xsetup, > # Xconfigurator.... > > :) You've run into the catch-22 of building parts of X. In > order to get Xsetup and friends you need tcl/tk and in order > to get them you need X which won't... you get the idea. If > you build X again after installing any version of tcl/tk you > will get the missing files. Or you can munge around in the > X source and find the right bits to recompile. > > # Any ideas appreciated. > # > # I should mention that I am running 4.0 -current from 2 days ago. > # > # William > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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