Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:09:12 -0500 From: Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg 6.8.1 Message-ID: <20050226130912.GA51568@mail.scottro.net> In-Reply-To: <200502262225.24444.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262225.24444.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 10:25:24PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:36, Godwin Stewart wrote: > > ISTR not that long ago - when ports were updated from 6.7.0 - people were > > reporting random freezes and crashes with the new version of Xorg. This > > seems to have died down now so I might consider the update, which might not > > be a bad idea given how many other ports are dependent on 6.8.1 and try to > > update half the system... > > You don't need to update a port just because it depends on Xorg. The X API is > quite stable so you can update just Xorg without expecting any problems. (I > did XFree86 -> Xorg with zero problems for example) I've been updating on a regular basis. The clients and libraries are at 6.8_1, the server at 6.8_2 and I've had no problems lately. (Several different boxes, ranging from a 3 gig processor with a gig of RAM to a PIII 500 with 300 something Megs of RAM. - -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Xander: Yep, vampires are real. A lot of 'em live in Sunnydale. Willow'll fill you in. Willow: I know it's hard to accept at first. Oz: Actually, it explains a lot. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCIHT4+lTVdes0Z9YRAudIAKCpJTzq/D3cw+CG9Kf3eiMjWYqfAwCfQYJM XegMSWJprURUIFToSzD27Wk= =OJqx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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