Re: Is 6.1-RELEASE missing parts of X11?
On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 10:35:42PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > People, > > > > I've done at least two cmplete make buildworlds (and all the > > rest: kernel/installworld/) and parts of mergemaster. I *am* > > missing /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm and more files in /usr/X11R6/lib/[*]. > > startx is also missing. > > > > I have read the UPDATING and README in /usr/src; Am I missing > > some knob[s]? I have "gdm_enable=YES" in /etc/rc.conf just > > now and have the exec gnome line in ~/.xinitrc. [~/.xinitrc > > is 0755 and chown'd kline:wheel] and so on. > > > > I do see ctwm installed as a backup, but without at least > > xdm, I'm wedged. Anybody know what's going on? > > > > thanks in adance, > > > > gary > > > > PS:: When I scp'd xdm from 5.5, it did exec, but the xlogin > > widget was White and logging in as anyone failed. I > > was always thrown back to the default white xlogin screen. > > I think the howls of protest would have been audible from the moons of > Jupiter had 6.1-RELEASE shipped without a complete set of workable X > windows ports / packages. No, you are definitely experiencing a problem > with your own machine and not with the FreeBSD release. > > However important such software may be, it is not actually a part of > the base system. portupgrade(1) is your friend in this case, not 'make > buildworld'. If you are updating from 5.x to 6.x then you should be > sure to reinstall all your ports / packages. A command line of the > form: > > portupgrade -Niaf > > will get that job done. There are various alternative options you > might want to consider employing, such as telling portupgrade to use > packages rather than re-compiling everything from source: the man page > for portupgrade will elucidate. You need to do this not because 5.x > programs won't work on a 6.x system (they manifestly will run if the > compat5x shlibs are installed) but because any future software update > runs the risk of different parts of the same program being linked against > different versions of a shared library and consequently failing to work. Thanks for several clues! When I chose the packages from /stand/sysinstall maybbe [[ evidently?!]] I only selected "base". I've rebuilt several hundred ports from src. (Some packages were marked "missing" when I tried to install [gnome|kde]-lite so have to hand-built:) ... But this was with 6.1-STABLE rather than -RELEASE.) take care, gary PS: This is obv'ly a local fault; if there were a better OS I would be using it. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW > -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Is 6.1-RELEASE missing parts of X11?
Gary Kline wrote: > People, > > I've done at least two cmplete make buildworlds (and all the > rest: kernel/installworld/) and parts of mergemaster. I *am* > missing /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm and more files in /usr/X11R6/lib/[*]. > startx is also missing. > > I have read the UPDATING and README in /usr/src; Am I missing > some knob[s]? I have "gdm_enable=YES" in /etc/rc.conf just > now and have the exec gnome line in ~/.xinitrc. [~/.xinitrc > is 0755 and chown'd kline:wheel] and so on. > > I do see ctwm installed as a backup, but without at least > xdm, I'm wedged. Anybody know what's going on? > > thanks in adance, > > gary > > PS:: When I scp'd xdm from 5.5, it did exec, but the xlogin >widget was White and logging in as anyone failed. I >was always thrown back to the default white xlogin screen. I think the howls of protest would have been audible from the moons of Jupiter had 6.1-RELEASE shipped without a complete set of workable X windows ports / packages. No, you are definitely experiencing a problem with your own machine and not with the FreeBSD release. However important such software may be, it is not actually a part of the base system. portupgrade(1) is your friend in this case, not 'make buildworld'. If you are updating from 5.x to 6.x then you should be sure to reinstall all your ports / packages. A command line of the form: portupgrade -Niaf will get that job done. There are various alternative options you might want to consider employing, such as telling portupgrade to use packages rather than re-compiling everything from source: the man page for portupgrade will elucidate. You need to do this not because 5.x programs won't work on a 6.x system (they manifestly will run if the compat5x shlibs are installed) but because any future software update runs the risk of different parts of the same program being linked against different versions of a shared library and consequently failing to work. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Is 6.1-RELEASE missing parts of X11?
People, I've done at least two cmplete make buildworlds (and all the rest: kernel/installworld/) and parts of mergemaster. I *am* missing /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm and more files in /usr/X11R6/lib/[*]. startx is also missing. I have read the UPDATING and README in /usr/src; Am I missing some knob[s]? I have "gdm_enable=YES" in /etc/rc.conf just now and have the exec gnome line in ~/.xinitrc. [~/.xinitrc is 0755 and chown'd kline:wheel] and so on. I do see ctwm installed as a backup, but without at least xdm, I'm wedged. Anybody know what's going on? thanks in adance, gary PS:: When I scp'd xdm from 5.5, it did exec, but the xlogin widget was White and logging in as anyone failed. I was always thrown back to the default white xlogin screen. -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
