On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 02:47:15 -0600 Gilbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I did some more checking, and to my horrors, it seems FreeBSD 4.5 > installs XFree86 3.3.6 EVEN WHEN I SELECTED NOT TO INSTALL X. > Probably a dependency issue--when I install some other package, > somehow it automatically installs the old X even though I've got the > new one. That's why I've never really trusted the pkg system. The problem of dependencies is just too complicated to automate. The effort to do it right for all the possible cases is astronomical. > Anyway, this is what I've got: > - /var/log/X???.8.log reports version as 4.1.0, and got the symbol > unresolved issue as enclosed. It uses /root/XF86Config.new as its > config file and detected i810 automatically. > - startx runs 3.3.6 (!!!), and uses /usr/X11R6/???/etc/XF86Config as > its config file. You can probably fix this just by going to /usr/X11R6 and changing the symlink X to point to XFree86 rather than whatever it points to now (XF86_SVGA?). > So, what should I do now? Delete all XFree86-related files and start > again? What to delete? /usr/X11R6? Shall I download from FreeBSD > again? If so, what package or port? Or would I be better off to > download the most recent 4.2.0 tgz from XFree86.org and run > Xinstall.sh instead? If so, would there be compatibility problems > with other graphical apps I have already downloaded (e.g. The problem > where somehow I got startx running 3.3.6). Try "ls -lat /usr/X11R6/lib/libX*". If most of the dates are Jan 19 or newer you're probably in good shape. If the dates are mostly 6 months old or more, then 3.3.6 clobbered 4.2.0 :-( In that case, you might be best off to "rm -rf /usr/X11R6" -- don't "pkg_delete XFree86-3.3.6" so /var/db/pkg shows it still installed -- and reinstall 4.2.0 the same way you did before. No, wait! If you rm /usr/X11R6 you'll clobber all the other stuff you've installed, and you'll have to install it all again, and 3.3.6 will clobber 4.2.0 again. Don't remove anything, just re-install 4.2.0 and let it clobber 3.3.6. Since it's all protocol Version 11 Revision 6 all the clients should be happy with the 4.2.0 server. > If this is successful... Another question: I've already installed the > package for KDE using /stand/sysinstall (similar to pkg_add). What > should I do to enable kdm to provide logon after boot? Probably involves changing the line in /etc/ttys that starts xdm to start kdm instead. The KDM documentation would probably be the place to start looking. -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
