From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 26 13:09:16 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C57A116A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:09:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-smtplb.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.109.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 085A043D31 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:09:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottro@scottro.net) Received: from mail.scottro.net (68-175-68-211.nyc.rr.com [68.175.68.211]) j1QD9DT3027769 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:09:13 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail.scottro.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E54B4625C; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:09:12 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:09:12 -0500 From: Scott To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050226130912.GA51568@mail.scottro.net> References: <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262225.24444.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <200502262225.24444.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: Xorg 6.8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:09:16 -0000 -----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 we= re > > 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... >=20 > You don't need to update a port just because it depends on Xorg. The X AP= I is=20 > quite stable so you can update just Xorg without expecting any problems. = (I=20 > 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. - --=20 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.=20 Willow'll fill you in.=20 Willow: I know it's hard to accept at first.=20 Oz: Actually, it explains a lot.=20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCIHT4+lTVdes0Z9YRAudIAKCpJTzq/D3cw+CG9Kf3eiMjWYqfAwCfQYJM XegMSWJprURUIFToSzD27Wk=3D =3DOJqx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----