Blah Blatz wrote: > I thought that I followed the directions in UPDATING regarding Xorg 7.2, but, > uh, I guess I didn't. My computer now seems beyond repair, with respect to > X. I'm strongly considering giving up, wiping the hard drive, reinstalling > FreeBSD, and restoring my personal stuff from backups. > > So, my questions: > > If I do that, and install the latest xorg on a completely fresh FreeBSD box: > > Do I have to set XORG_UPGRADE (or whatever it's called)? > > Should I still use portupgrade-devel instead of portupgrade? I would rather > just use portupgrade, if I can. > > Do I have to follow any of the other directions in UPDATING regarding this... > stuff? > > Or can I just do a normal old "cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg; make install" without > any of the special new exciting xorg crap in UPDATING?
If you use a minimal install, without any ports, you can just start with creating the link: /usr/X11R6 /usr/local. Then there is not reason to use portupgrade (other than comfort) or follow any of the instructions in UPDATING. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
