Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:55:05 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: glenn gombert <glenngombert@zdnetonebox.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Version of XFree86 in FreeBSD Release 4.4 Message-ID: <XFMail.20010919105505.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20010918172055.BSRJ12461.mta11.onebox.com@onebox.com>
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On 18-Sep-2001 glenn gombert wrote: > My interest in a later version of XFree86 is that in trying to install > FreeBSD-Current on my Dell Insperion 4000e Laptop, the ATI Rage 128 3D > graphics accelerator used is not supported at all under XFree86 3.3.6. > So I am forced to upgrade to a later version of XFree86 to get 'X' to > work at all.... > > Can someone outline the easiest way to do that given how things are > in the FreeBSD-4.3 Release?? Install the base OS, then build X from ports, or fetch the X4 package. Then start building packages that require X.. (Adding packages will fail because they all want X3, so you have to use ports) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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