Hi Dick, I'm running Xorg on FreeBSD 4.10 and don't seem to be having any operational problems doing so. I compiled Xorg from source. The conversion from XFree to Xorg went smoothly, and in my case I got extra functionality from my graphics card that I couldn't get working with XFree so it was a bonus for me.
I do have problems when installing software from packages as most of the packages seem to have XFree as a requirement, but using pkg_add -f gets around that. The installed packages all work as expected. You may need to run pkgdb -F to fix up any dependency problems if you install from packages, but the Xorg and XFree package names are quite similar so it is not a big issue. Regards...Geoff > Message: 39 > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:39:34 +0100 > From: dick hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: xorg/xfree86 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > I run FreeBSD-4.10 and will remain to do so for some time. Now I read on > the fbsd site the following text: > > /quote/ > As mentioned in a prior section, Xorg is the default implementation of > the X Window System. The Ports Collection (as well as packages) rely on > this change to satisfy dependencies. To convert the installed windowing > system from XFree86 to Xorg, refer to the Installing X11 section in the > FreeBSD Handbook. > /endquote/ > > Does this mean that compiling from source will be difficult on my 4.10 > machine which runs XFree86? I don't want to change to Xorg (yet). > > Are there things to do to keep on running 4.10 and ports for a while > without a hassle? -- Geoff Glasson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
