Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:49:43 +0000 From: Ned Harrison <nedsmailbox2@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: xorg/dri-6.2_1,2 upgrade problems Message-ID: <200501031949.43256.nedsmailbox2@cox.net>
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>On 12/30/04 22:18:32, Ned Harrison wrote: >> The upgrade to 5.3 fixed the Dri build problems. Thanks for the >> hint, Jason. It is much appreciated. I had to run xorgconfig to >> make a new config file in order to get the X server going again. My >> kde desktop keeps crashing but the Windowmaker desktop I installed >>runs. It doesn't run perfectly but at least I know X works. I > >will try using the force switch on portupdate to redo those ports I >> originally I upgraded in 5.2. As for your p pro question. It must >> be a default in some makefile. I'm too much of a newbie to even know >> what p pro is. :-) >> Sorry about not including the prior message. But I'm still working >> off a Knoppix disk. >> Thanks >> Ned >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> unsubscribe at freebsd.org" >> >> >> >Your'e welcome. >I think you have somethings not fully upgraded to have some of those >problems. I hear it is kind of a comman problem with big ports like >kde for some of the dependancies not to be built. Portmanager is a new >program I have found and like it. It is not as full featured as >portupgrade, but it is nice. Install it, it is a very quick compile, >less than a min. Then run "portmanager -s | grep OLD" as root. It ill tell >you everything that is out of date, be sure to cvsup ports >and "cd /usr/ports && make fetchindex" first. >Did you rebuild x after you update to 5.3? You will need to. Try >portupgrade -fRr xorg. >If you want to optimize you programs have a look at /etc/make.conf. >You can check out /usr/share/example/make.conf first. The p pro stands >for pentium pro. It is very old, pre pII. It is also a default >setting to optimise for that can help most modern x86 processors. If >you want to set some make options here is mine, note you may need to >change the processor type. >CPUTYPE=athlon-xp >CFLAGS= -O2 -pipe -fschedule-insns2 -fomit-frame-pointer >-funroll-loops >COPTFLAGES=-O2 -pipe -funroll-loops -fschedule-insns2 It turned out to be the kdemultimedia package. It would not update nor could I build it from the ports. I wiped it out with pkg_delete -f. Can't play my tunes but I'm back on line! :-) Jason, Thanks again for the hints. Ned
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