From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 15 00:16:36 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68DAC16A41F for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:16:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sequethin@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0F9543D45 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:16:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sequethin@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id h31so1363550wxd for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:16:35 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:sent-from-pda:user-agent; b=iOxFg7Ugf3Mmxht0Ka/d3YhCQI/SY7P92WdD+8SPM2DJtqWTUdgVvzJ/4bjvT+kf8ty9ojI7GAPzuNXYudTMQgxt+DKPqTtyFp+TJXucqwnXwShu8som5gSE4di0xX5Pgve50s2riRUNhR4n5kFTrE/CqjmkPRzES0Q0MXo+rEs= Received: by 10.64.250.3 with SMTP id x3mr6475121qbh; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:16:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ( [24.193.224.187]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id e13sm2944838qba.2005.11.14.16.16.34; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:16:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:16:32 -0500 From: Mike Hernandez To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20051115001632.GA3201@dementia.beyondnormal.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4378D218.100@charter.net> <20051114215352.3A66F17033@radagast.ijs.si> <43790D91.50004@charter.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43790D91.50004@charter.net> Sent-From-PDA: Yes User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: Re: How can I install xorg-clients? 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, 15 Nov 2005 00:16:36 -0000 On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 05:20:01PM -0500, bob self wrote: > Yes, I have the nvidia driver installed. I used pkg_delete to remove > nvidia-driver. I already had the latest xterm installed. > I was now able to install xorg-clients. Finally, I re-installed > nvidia-driver and now everything is back to normal. > I didn't realize there was a port for the driver ;) I installed with the tar.gz I found on nvnews.net (Where I used to get my linux driver) What I had to do in order to achieve the effect above is install the driver from the port and then deinstall it and then reinstall xorg-clients and then reinstall the nvidia driver. I suppose I could have just removed the offending files, but this seemed to me to be the best way to go. And it worked, which is what matters most to me ;) Just a note in case someone else is following or found this thread in the archives... I did all my b0rking remotely, and after removing xorg-clients and not being able to reinstall it (until coming home and reading my mail) I had my kdm screen still there waiting for me. I tried to log in and it told me that iceauth was missing. Yes, iceauth is part of the xorg-clients port. What I did was cd into the iceauth dir of the port (something like work/programs/iceauth) and ran make install from there. This allowed me to log in to kde once again. Does it make sense to mess about with x11 ports from a running x session? probably not. But it was comforting to work from an Eterm, especially after wondering all day whether or not I did serious damage to my brand new install ;) Mike