From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 13:50:41 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 4E7AB16A47C for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:50:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottro@nyc.rr.com) Received: from ms-smtp-02.rdc-nyc.rr.com (ms-smtp-02.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.109.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0188B43CA0 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:49:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottro@nyc.rr.com) Received: from localhost (cpe-74-73-145-181.nyc.res.rr.com [74.73.145.181]) by ms-smtp-02.rdc-nyc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBADoclH013049 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:50:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:50:38 -0500 From: Scott Robbins To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061210135038.GA84865@mail.scottro.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: An xorg-lite install 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: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:50:41 -0000 SirDice's suggestion of a "lite" xorg install got me thinking, and playing with it. I've been trying to pare down an X install to see what I could leave out and still have a working X, figuring that if, say, I left out a font needed by an application, that application would install the font at a later date. So far, I've gotten it down to xorg-libraries, xorg-server, keyboard, video and mouse drivers, the fonts suggested in the wiki, xorg-fonts (which was a cop-out--I still haven't had the patience to delete each font separately and see when X stopped starting, and, from xorg-apps, twm, xterm and xinit. (Without xinit I get startx not found--oops, I knew that.) :) I tried googling for this, but either I'm using the wrong search terms or SirDice and I are the only ones who like this idea. Does anyone have a list of what would be the minimum? (I would add to SirDice's suggestion that the xorg-lite should put in enough fonts so that X starts--his thought, IIRC, was that no fonts should be included, leaving the installer to pick which fonts he wanted. I would also include twm and xterm for basic beginnings.) -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Buffy: Hey, I know! Why don't you kill them? Giles: I'm a Watcher, I haven't the skill. Buffy: Oh, come on. A stake through the heart, a little sunlight. It's like falling off a log.