On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 10:46:50PM +0200, Laszlo Nagy wrote: > Jens B wrote: > >* Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-06-09 09:45]: > > > >>I've been struggling now for 2 weeks trying to do the xorg upgrade, > >>following the upgrading instructions to a tee, but it has turned into a > >>complete mess. > >> > >>If worse comes to worse, what it the best way to proceed? > >> > >>Is there an easy way just to reinstall xorg from scratch? > >> > >>Thanks a lot in advance. > >> > >>-- > >>Kiffin Rex Gish > >>Gouda, The Netherlands > >> > > > >In such cases the best would be to deinstall xorg with all > >dependencies and install xorg from scratch. > > > Believe or not, I tried to install a new computer over the weekend. I > installed only the base system from the CD, and tried to install with > > portsnap fetch > portsnap extract > cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade > make > make install > portupgrade -a > rehash > portinstall xorg-server > > > The result was a message saying that I should read /usr/ports/UPDATING > and follow the instructions there to upgrade from 6.9 to 7.2. Even after > I installed portupgrade-devel and "setenv XORG_UPGRADE" I still had > trouble installing xorg 7.2 I'm not talking about upgrading, this was a > new install.
Yes, the instructions also apply. > I believe there are problems with the xorg server in the > ports tree, but I had no time to send in a report. I just fixed it by > hand. If some of you is going to install a new machine in the future, > please run it inside "script" and send a bug report. Yes. Kris _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
