Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 09:03:56 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UPDATING entry for X.org changes Message-ID: <u2qb269bc571005070903k7c3ee35mafabf5c2e2b86ec8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100507160029.GE5564@megatron.madpilot.net> References: <19428.941.605850.331539@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <j2ne890cae61005070520qf68713d7v4354384415d1fa9e@mail.gmail.com> <20100507134401.GA5564@megatron.madpilot.net> <l2vb269bc571005070855vf41d8222k83cd225bbdde430@mail.gmail.com> <20100507160029.GE5564@megatron.madpilot.net>
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On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> wrote: > On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 08:55:26AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > > What would have been nice is a note that the default background for the > > bare X server was changed from the nice grey/black checkerboard to solid > > black. > > > > The portmaster update of X completed successfully. Starting X by itself > (X > > -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf) gave a black screen, like it had crashed. > Tried > > "X -configure" and "X -config ./xorg.conf.new". Same thing. Tried a > couple > > of different xorg.conf files, tried without a config file. All gave > black > > screens, similar to a crash of the X server or a driver bug. > > > > Deleted every port on the system and did a clean install of just xorg. > Same > > thing, black screen. On a whim, I tried "xinit /usr/local/bin/xterm" > ... > > ... ... and saw a black screen with a tiny xterm in the corner. Great > ... > > so things were working from the get go. > > > > So, after 2 days of compiling, I have a barebone KDE4 desktop running on > > Xorg 7.5, with at least another 2 days of compiling before things are > back > > to where they were originally. :( > > > > At least that should be noted in UPDATING. > > That bit me a while ago too. This isn't new to Xorg 7.5. 7.4 did that > too AFAIK. > > I don't remember this being an issue for the 7.4 update, I remember the checkerboard pattern. But that may have been pre-7.4. I just know that this is the first time it's not been the checkerboard pattern. > Anyway this is Xorg's fault, FreeBSD ports just usually follow upstream > default policies. > > Never said it was FreeBSD's fault, or the Xorg port maintainer's fault. Just that it was a major change in expected behaviour, and could use a note in UPDATING. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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