Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:54:37 +0000 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An xorg-lite install Message-ID: <457C119D.7010804@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20061210135038.GA84865@mail.scottro.net> References: <20061210135038.GA84865@mail.scottro.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Scott Robbins wrote: > SirDice's suggestion of a "lite" xorg install got me thinking, and > playing with it. > > I've been trying to pare down an X install to see what I could leave out > and still have a working X, figuring that if, say, I left out a font > needed by an application, that application would install the font at a > later date. > > So far, I've gotten it down to xorg-libraries, xorg-server, keyboard, > video and mouse drivers, the fonts suggested in the wiki, xorg-fonts > (which was a cop-out--I still haven't had the patience to delete each > font separately and see when X stopped starting, and, from xorg-apps, > twm, xterm and xinit. (Without xinit I get startx not found--oops, I > knew that.) :) > > I tried googling for this, but either I'm using the wrong search terms > or SirDice and I are the only ones who like this idea. Does anyone have > a list of what would be the minimum? > > (I would add to SirDice's suggestion that the xorg-lite should put in > enough fonts so that X starts--his thought, IIRC, was that no fonts > should be included, leaving the installer to pick which fonts he wanted. > I would also include twm and xterm for basic beginnings.) The idea itself isn't bad but if you install gnome for example, it will bring almost everything you need except xorg-server and a few apps. So I'll probably do it but it's not high priority (as opposed to fix ports broken by new X.org import). Cheers. -- Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFfBGjMxEkbVFH3PQRCoxQAJ98A46pY2PmbVxUoatwzTTuN5NfrgCfWkNa +KMf2qCbIH6ZBsZtklxH4Mk= =eYOQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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