Confusion about installing X and release upgrading?
Hi, I'm currently using FreeBSD 6.2 release with security patches from Releng6-2. This is in a Qemu virtual machine, if only because I don't know of any other system which will let me redirect the serial port over a Telnet session. All that being said, I am slightly confused by the stuff I've read on the FreeBSD release process. I know that 7.0 is due to come out soon, if it isn't out already. Am I correct in taking from what I've read that 6.2 will continue to be supported for a while yet? Also, about installing X. I've had an interest in trying to see how well Gnome and Orca perform in FreeBSD. Is there a cannonical way to install X and Gnome? I've heard from monitoring this mailing list that the x11/xorg metaport isn't particularly favored. Would I need a complete X installation for Ghome anyway? Thanks in advance for any advice. All the best, Zack. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Confusion about installing X and release upgrading?
Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Zachary Kline wrote: Hi, I'm currently using FreeBSD 6.2 release with security patches from Releng6-2. This is in a Qemu virtual machine, if only because I don't know of any other system which will let me redirect the serial port over a Telnet session. All that being said, I am slightly confused by the stuff I've read on the FreeBSD release process. I know that 7.0 is due to come out soon, if it isn't out already. Am I correct in taking from what I've read that 6.2 will continue to be supported for a while yet? 7.0 is at BETA3 right now, and 7.0-RELEASE is expected to be an early Christmas present. 6.2 support is slated to end in late spring, IIRC, but since there will be at least one more 6.X release, you should be able to run a 6.X variety and expected to be supported through most of next year (see the Release Engineering team's page and the Security Team's page for more details; SecTeam should have a general EOL policy statement for number of months after a RELEASE, etc.) Also, about installing X. I've had an interest in trying to see how well Gnome and Orca perform in FreeBSD. Is there a cannonical way to install X and Gnome? I've heard from monitoring this mailing list that the x11/xorg metaport isn't particularly favored. Would I need a complete X installation for Ghome anyway? Thanks in advance for any advice. All the best, Zack. The Right Way (tm): 1. Update your ports tree. 2. As root, do this: # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean Hi, This will fetch in the Xorg dependencies as well, I presume? Thanks, Zack. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Confusion about Ports and options framework
Hi, I've read through the sections of the handbook quite carefully, and haven't quite found what I'm looking for. To be specific, I've no plans to install X11 or anything like it on this machine yet. I may do so in the future merely to see how accessible Gnome and such are, but not now. I note that /usr/ports/editors/emacs has several environment variables which can be set, such as WITHOUT_X11. I can set these just fine, and don't get any X-related dependencies. However, if I were to use something like Portmanager, Portupgrade, etc, is there any way I can keep it from downloading these as well? On the subject of port managers, is manual port installation the prefered method of doing this anyway? Thanks in advance, Zack. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Confusion about Ports and options framework
RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:24:32 -0800 Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've read through the sections of the handbook quite carefully, and haven't quite found what I'm looking for. To be specific, I've no plans to install X11 or anything like it on this machine yet. I may do so in the future merely to see how accessible Gnome and such are, but not now. I note that /usr/ports/editors/emacs has several environment variables which can be set, such as WITHOUT_X11. Call me dense, if you like. I'm not quite sure how to do that. Would a simple WITHOUT_X11=YES or similar pull it off? I got the impression those were environment variables, and not something specific to make. But my software development knowledge in this area is next to nothing. I guess I have to get used to reading manpages. Looking through the one on make.conf left me imperfectly edified. It's hard to know when I'd actually need to change anything in there for practical use. Any help would be much appreciated, Zack. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help with a new port?
Hi, My name is Zachary Kline, and I've recently begun experimenting with BSD-style operating systems under Qemu. I happen to be blind, and thus Qemu's serial console--more specifically, the ability to redirect this console output over a TCP port--is the only way I could get FreeBSD installed, since it doesn't come with much in the way of accessibility tools. I can't fault anybody for this last, however. Anyway, to get to the point: I'm not quite sure where to ask this. I have a new port which I feel should be included in the FreeBSD accessibility category, if only because I noticed its absence in searching for it. I've had trouble getting it to port myself, though, and have little real programming experience of the kind it would require. This port is Emacspeak, from http://emacspeak.sf.net. It's a screen reader--though that term isn't really encouraged by the developer--for the Emacs work environment. I'm wondering if anybody on here might be able to help with this porting, or be willing to discuss accessibility of FreeBSD in general. Thanks much for your time, Zack. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with a new port?
Robert Joosten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I have a new port which I feel should be included in the FreeBSD accessibility category, if only because I noticed its absence in searching for it. Have you read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html yet ? I must confess I haven't. I'll look into it and see what comes up. Currently trying to figure out how to get ports upgraded in a sane fashion as well, as I've noticed some of the packages are quite behind in comparison to the ports they're based on. Thanks, Zack. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
