On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Paul A. Hoadley wrote: > Hello, > > It looks like I have upgraded parts of XFree86 while installing some > other ports, and I now seem unable to make even local connections to > my X server. I must admit, X is something I set up years ago on this > machine, and have just set and forgot---as such, I do not even have a > good appreciation for what information might be useful for people to > help me debug this. I guess the best idea would be to have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html and try how far you get on your own. Also you should save your old XF86Config somewhere. It's syntax has changed from XFree86-3 to XFree86-4, but probably you will be able to recognize most important settings. > > While I am keen to get suggestions on how to correct this access > control glitch, I would be happy to fully upgrade X if that's > recommended. Somewhat embarrassingly, I'm not even sure how this > should be done---via ports? Either via /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 or pkg_add -r XFree86-4 or /stand/sysinstall --> post install configurations
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