On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 09:12:08PM -0700, backyard wrote:
>
>
> --- Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 12:18:32PM +1000, Norberto
> > Meijome wrote:
> > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:52:54 -0700
> > > Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Which ports file do I build to fill the
> > standard
> > > > /usr/X11R6/bin file?
> > >
> > > not sure I follow your question...
> > > the xorg-server and xorg-clients ports will your
> > basic standard X files and apps
> > >
> > > xorg.conf doesn't sit in /usr/X11R6/bin, but
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > It is in my /etc/X11 directory.
> >
> > >
> > > the configuration apps to generate xorg.conf are
> > xorgcfg and xorgconfig (one X
> > > based, the other text based)
> >
> >
> > Yeah, but there is a way using X -conf[ig]. I've
> > forgotten the exact
> > details; but I have used both f the above
> > configuration tools
> > before.
>
>
> I believe its X -configure
> I've been reading through the complete freebsd in my
> "reading room" but admittadly it takes me a couple of
> stabs to get it right on a new system.
>
Okay; thanks, I think you're right. Also that you may
need to cd / or cd /etc. Or else "xorg.conf" will wind up
<<wherever>>. (it's been a few years since my last
X -configure ... as is evident!)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon Sep 18 12:17:46 2006]
> > > /usr/home/betom
> > > $ locate xorgcfg
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgcfg
> > > /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgcfg.1.gz
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon Sep 18 12:17:50 2006]
> > > /usr/home/betom
> > > $ locate xorgconfig
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig
> > > /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgconfig.1.gz
> > >
> > > If that's not what you need...let us know :)
> >
> >
> > I'm still looking for xdm; possibly startx too.
> > I'm making the
> > wm switch from ctwm to gone-lite ... but first,
> > the basics
> > have to be there.
> >
> > gary
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > www.thought.org Public service Unix
> >
>
> the only way I know to populate /usr/X11R6/bin is by
> cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make && make install && make
> clean
>
> this will install the clients, libraries, documents,
> fonts, and basic X11R6 system. it will also clean up
> after itself.
>
Then I've FINALLY begun installing the right package.
About an hour ago. Will see....
gary
> Keep in mind NOT ALL X11 apps will be installed in
> that directory. a good number of the clients end up in
> /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin
>
> depending on if it uses qmake, gmake, make, imake
> different things can happen, and not much can be done
> about it. some of those makes just ignore the PREFIX
> directive.
>
> -brian
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Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix
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