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Date:      Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:41:33 +0100
From:      Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xorg 6.8.1
Message-ID:  <200502262241.38255.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org>
References:  <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262149.06501.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org>

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On Saturday, 26. February 2005 22:19, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 09:49:00PM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > On Saturday, 26. February 2005 13:05, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:25:24 +1030, "Daniel O'Connor"
> > >
> > > <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote:
> > > > You don't need to update a port just because it depends on Xorg. The
> > > > X API is quite stable so you can update just Xorg without expecting
> > > > any problems. (I did XFree86 -> Xorg with zero problems for example)
> > >
> > > No, the problem's the other way round. Every time I want to portupgra=
de
> > > something else, portupgrade also wants to upgrade Xorg.
> >
> > edit /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf, find the HOLD_PKGS =3D [ line and ch=
ange
> > it to
> >
> >   HOLD_PKGS =3D [
> >     'bsdpan-*',
> >     'xorg-*',
> >     'imake-*',
> >   ]
> >
> > I've been using that for a long time now, since Xorg 6.8.1 breaks
> > vt-switching for me.
>
> 	Tweaking pkgtools.conf may help me if I move back to XFree,
> 	and it's looking like I have no choice.  xorg autoconfigs
> 	itself to run at too high a res and nothing I do fixes it.

How about adjusting the configuration then?

> 	So, without highjacking this thread _too_ much, can anybody
> 	give me the cmds to get back to XFree-4 on my 5.3 install?

You really don't want to do that except you're absolutely desparate (and th=
e=20
above problem doesn't fit that category). Using XFree86 on 5.3 will make yo=
ur=20
system incompatible with binary packages for 5.3 and for 5-STABLE.

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