From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 21:11:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B2B816A403 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2006 21:11:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sirdice@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43B8943CB8 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2006 21:10:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sirdice@xs4all.nl) Received: from [192.168.1.30] (sirdice.xs4all.nl [213.84.47.86]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kB7LBKCa036496 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2006 22:11:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sirdice@xs4all.nl) Message-ID: <45788378.5060706@xs4all.nl> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:11:20 +0100 From: SirDice User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Successful upgrade to Xorg 7.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:11:49 -0000 Hi all, Just wanted to let you know my upgrade to Xorg 7.x was a success. I have a GA-7DPX mainboard with a Nvidia FX 5200 graphics card. I made sure Xorg 6.9.0, nvidia-driver (9631) and gnome2-lite were up2date before I started. Followed the instructions on http://wikitest.freebsd.org/ModularXorg. I ran into one little snag building xorg-apps. It failed on configuring xdriinfo. It said something about needing GL even though it did find GL.1. I fixed it by reinstalling the nvidia-driver, after that xorg-apps and everything else build fine. Perhaps it would have been better to remove the nvidia-driver before the upgrade and reinstall it again instead of libGL (which I didn't install). A startx complained about not finding nvidia and glx (I added ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/xorg/modules"). These were installed in the "old" location (/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ drivers and extensions). I moved these by hand to /usr/X11R6/lib/xorg/modules. After that everything started as usual. Xdriinfo does complain about libGL being too old though. I haven't figured out why yet, perhaps it is due to the config error I had. And I'm wondering if OpenGL works right now. But besides that everything else seems to work. Since everything is modular now can I suggest creating an xorg-lite, if possible? That would install the absolute bare minimum, minimal fonts, no man pages, no documentation, no applications and no drivers. As you can easily add things you need/want with additional ports now anyway. I have no need for a i810 driver i.e. so why would I install it? Additional fonts, drivers and applications are installed as you like afterwards. That would keep my system clean and tidy :) Anyway, great work guys! Hope to see the port appear in the ports tree real soon now. Remko C.