Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:08:31 +0100 From: Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3 Message-ID: <472A161F.1070007@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <98ECC10257BD242C6DC7D050@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> References: <cff9f2d10710310943o7a334291iab8735e7948ed963@mail.gmail.com> <98ECC10257BD242C6DC7D050@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>
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Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On October 31, 2007 12:43:48 PM -0400 John <nesredep@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let >> me know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions. >> >> I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a >> crack at *BSD to see what I'm missing. But it never works out. >> >> So, trying again... >> >> I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3. I >> tried to accomplish this over the course of several installs. In the >> end, I decided this should work: >> >> a) install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports) >> >> b) portsnap fetch >> >> c) portsnap extract >> >> d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg and make install clean >> >> When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I >> want. >> >> Is this the right procedure to start with? > > Yes, with one caveat. You need to run mergebase.sh or manually create > the symlink for /usr/X11R6. /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh Isn't the default X11BASE for 6.2 still on /usr/X11R6/ I thought it still was, then you will run into trouble again when you are going to update Xorg again in the future. So I think you will need a X11BASE=${LOCALBASE} in /etc/make.conf -- -Frank Staals
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