Re: XFree86 4.4 port - timescale?
Cheers Tilman, I just checked again on Ports for 5.2-CURRENT/i386 and 5.2.1-RELEASE/i386: version = XFree86-4.3.0,1 True, www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/RELNOTES2.html#4 does say: 'Summary of new features in 4.4.0. A new driver for several VIA integrated graphics chipsets has been added.' and offers a source code download. I bought this PC so that, as a newbie, I don't twat the working copy of M$ on my other PC and to always have a working PC with a browser. CVSup and installing from ports is (only just) within my abilities (if nothing complains) - there's no way I'd be able to install from a tarball. Besides, isn't Ports the preferred installation medium for FreeBSD? So my question remains, how long for XFree86-4.4 in ports? 5.3-RELEASE/i386 perhaps? Is it also stupid of me to have a LCD monitor capable of only 1280x768 when the VIA driver documentation at www.xfree86.org says the VIA driver's display resolutions are: Option PanelSize string Specify the size (width x height) of the LCD panel attached to the system. Sizes 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1400x1050 are supported. Owen Tilman Linneweh wrote: * Owen.G [Do, 29 Jul 2004 at 16:29 GMT]: I just had a look at the FreeBSD Ports page: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi and there's no sign of XFree86 4.4 yet. Questions: 1, Does anybody know the timescale of the port for XFree86 4.4? 2, Will the port of XFree86 4.4 be important enough that it will be announced on the freebsd-announce mailing list? AFAIK the XFree86 4.4 ports are currently tested. On CURRENT the X.org ports are now the default, they should work with your VIA too. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.4 port - timescale?
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:34:29 +0200 Owen.G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cheers Tilman, I just checked again on Ports for 5.2-CURRENT/i386 and 5.2.1-RELEASE/i386: version = XFree86-4.3.0,1 True, www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/RELNOTES2.html#4 does say: 'Summary of new features in 4.4.0. A new driver for several VIA integrated graphics chipsets has been added.' and offers a source code download. I bought this PC so that, as a newbie, I don't twat the working copy of M$ on my other PC and to always have a working PC with a browser. CVSup and installing from ports is (only just) within my abilities (if nothing complains) - there's no way I'd be able to install from a tarball. Besides, isn't Ports the preferred installation medium for FreeBSD? So my question remains, how long for XFree86-4.4 in ports? 5.3-RELEASE/i386 perhaps? Is it also stupid of me to have a LCD monitor capable of only 1280x768 when the VIA driver documentation at www.xfree86.org says the VIA driver's display resolutions are: Option PanelSize string Specify the size (width x height) of the LCD panel attached to the system. Sizes 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1400x1050 are supported. Owen Tilman Linneweh wrote: * Owen.G [Do, 29 Jul 2004 at 16:29 GMT]: I just had a look at the FreeBSD Ports page: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi and there's no sign of XFree86 4.4 yet. Questions: 1, Does anybody know the timescale of the port for XFree86 4.4? 2, Will the port of XFree86 4.4 be important enough that it will be announced on the freebsd-announce mailing list? AFAIK the XFree86 4.4 ports are currently tested. On CURRENT the X.org ports are now the default, they should work with your VIA too. There has been some sort of problem getting XFree86 4.4 into the ports. Not sure what. But Xorg should work if it was supported XFree86 4.4, since for all effective purposes XFree86 4.4 and Xorg whatever the current one is is the same thing... due to when the fork happened... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.4 port - timescale?
OK, On www.x.org they say that the latest version of their X implementation is X11R6.7.0. I don't see it on the Ports page on FreeBSD.org. Is that because the ports page says: Last database update: 2004-07-16 08:54:22 UTC ? Owen Vulpes Velox wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:34:29 +0200 Owen.G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cheers Tilman, I just checked again on Ports for 5.2-CURRENT/i386 and 5.2.1-RELEASE/i386: version = XFree86-4.3.0,1 There has been some sort of problem getting XFree86 4.4 into the ports. Not sure what. But Xorg should work if it was supported XFree86 4.4, since for all effective purposes XFree86 4.4 and Xorg whatever the current one is is the same thing... due to when the fork happened... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.4 port - timescale?
* Owen.G [Do, 29 Jul 2004 at 21:48 GMT]: I don't see it on the Ports page on FreeBSD.org. Is that because the ports page says: Last database update: 2004-07-16 08:54:22 UTC ? xorg metaport was committed on June 19. freshports.org is a very useful resource: http://www.freshports.org/x11/xorg regards tilman P.S. Please don't toppost. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.4 port - timescale?
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:48:43 +0200 Owen.G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, On www.x.org they say that the latest version of their X implementation is X11R6.7.0. I don't see it on the Ports page on FreeBSD.org. That is the lastest version of Xorg, not XFree86. :P ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
