Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:41:33 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg 6.8.1 Message-ID: <200502262241.38255.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org> References: <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262149.06501.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org>
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--nextPart22701232.ucMIycmkUN Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 26. February 2005 22:19, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 09:49:00PM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > On Saturday, 26. February 2005 13:05, Godwin Stewart wrote: > > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:25:24 +1030, "Daniel O'Connor" > > > > > > <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote: > > > > 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) > > > > > > No, the problem's the other way round. Every time I want to portupgra= de > > > something else, portupgrade also wants to upgrade Xorg. > > > > edit /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf, find the HOLD_PKGS =3D [ line and ch= ange > > it to > > > > HOLD_PKGS =3D [ > > 'bsdpan-*', > > 'xorg-*', > > 'imake-*', > > ] > > > > I've been using that for a long time now, since Xorg 6.8.1 breaks > > vt-switching for me. > > Tweaking pkgtools.conf may help me if I move back to XFree, > and it's looking like I have no choice. xorg autoconfigs > itself to run at too high a res and nothing I do fixes it. How about adjusting the configuration then? > So, without highjacking this thread _too_ much, can anybody > give me the cmds to get back to XFree-4 on my 5.3 install? You really don't want to do that except you're absolutely desparate (and th= e=20 above problem doesn't fit that category). Using XFree86 on 5.3 will make yo= ur=20 system incompatible with binary packages for 5.3 and for 5-STABLE. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart22701232.ucMIycmkUN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCIO0SXhc68WspdLARAgMgAJ4shzBj5cr0iCoR2kP2O9TlyP6KcgCdEHr0 4v8Mh/pgUC8w3+5nr5AEKNU= =OLRm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart22701232.ucMIycmkUN--
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