Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:20:55 -0700 From: "glenn gombert" <glenngombert@zdnetonebox.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Version of XFree86 in FreeBSD Release 4.4 Message-ID: <20010918172055.BSRJ12461.mta11.onebox.com@onebox.com>
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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?? Thanks in Advance, Glenn G. ---- Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> wrote: > Thus spake Robert Withrow (bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com): > > > I know it is slimy, but couldn't there be a dummy "port" just > > called "XFree86" that is what most other ports depend on? The minority > > of ports that actually care what version of X is installed could > always > > use the version-specific names... > > Would be nice if we had a package system that lets you just install > - let me call them - "features", such as a "XFree86" feature, other > ports could depend on. Multiple packages could supply this feature > then and ports could also say if they depend on a specific version. > > Alex, > hiding in a dark corner. > ___________________________________________________________________ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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