From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 26 21:41:56 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 E84AC16A4D4 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:41:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB65243D46 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:41:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 26 Feb 2005 21:41:54 -0000 Received: from p508BFDE4.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO lofi.dyndns.org) (80.139.253.228) by mail.gmx.net (mp017) with SMTP; 26 Feb 2005 22:41:54 +0100 X-Authenticated: #443188 Received: from kiste.my.domain (kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1QLfdmb029822 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:41:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) From: Michael Nottebrock To: Gary Kline Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:41:33 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262149.06501.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart22701232.ucMIycmkUN"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502262241.38255.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 cc: Godwin Stewart cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 21:41:57 -0000 --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" > > > > > > 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--