Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:31:48 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> Cc: trhodes@FreeBSD.org, rene@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org, pgj@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce Xorg 7.4 to the X11 configuration section Message-ID: <20090422043148.255f0ad5.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <49EDF2A7.8060803@gmail.com> References: <49ED0056.5010706@gmail.com> <e890cae60904210909u7f9864c0h85f09d49e5b6c899@mail.gmail.com> <49EDF2A7.8060803@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:21:59 +0300 Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> wrote: > Rene Ladan wrote: > > 2009/4/21 Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>: > > > >> Hey all, > >> > >> Judging from the threads in questions, it seems the new Xorg has caused > >> lots of trouble to users upgrading from 7.3 or installing for the first > >> time (myself included). As there are a few important configuration > >> changes (which I doubt will be undone by newer Xorg versions - it will > >> probably get even more automated) I feel we should document some of > >> these in the Handbook, updating the info already there. > >> > >> Here is a small patch for the X11 chapter which attempts to do this: > >> > >> http://people.freebsd.org/~manolis/x11.diff > >> > >> And the build: > >> > >> http://www.freebsdgr.org/handbook-mine/x-config.html > >> > >> This is much smaller than the 1000+ line monster of firewalls, and as > >> always all comments are welcome :) > >> > > > > The patch looks nice. Some grammar nits are at > > ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/x11.rene.diff > > > > > > Patch updated, thanks! > > > I haven't tested the patch on a live system (!), I assume the > > technical content is correct ;-) > > > > > > I can assure you, I've consumed all this 'advice' myself trying to > upgrade / install 7.4 on more than a couple of systems ;) Looks good, I remember having some of these issues myself when I did the upgrade. :) -- Tom Rhodes
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