On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, F. Heitkamp wrote: >> I'm working with current CVS without any patch and I don't see any crash. >> Frequently the distribution maintainers include patches to fix some issues >> with hardware but generally they also send it to the XFree86 developers so >> they are integrated into the main tree. > >I too have successfully installed X from CVS numerous times. >> >> I think that the proper way to build XFree86, before do a 'make World', is at >> least read the documentation included in the distribution and look at the >> configuration options in xc/config/cf. Tell this to the folks at your local >> LUG. >You should probably check for a custom host.def in your >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config directory. I suppose there may >be a custom one there. You could use that for the new build. > >I usually move the installed XFree to a temporary location before >attempting a permanent install. i.e. cd /usr/; mv X11R6 X11R6.bak; >cd /path/to/build; make install; >If the install goes off without a hitch and the new X runs OK, I >them move the saved version back and do a make install over the >top. I've noticed that sometimes even though the make World goes >off without a hitch the make install will sometimes fail.
The problem with that though, is that XFree86 is not the only thing that plunks files under /usr/X11R6. Many other applications infect the /usr/X11R6 heirarchy with their own files. If you move the directory, these applications become inaccessible unless they are still in your path. You can redefine ProjectRoot in host.def to make X install to a separate location however. #define ProjectRoot /usr/local/X11R6 #define NothingOutsideProjectRoot YES #define EtcX11Directory ProjectRoot/etc Hope this helps. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
