Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:51:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: Fred Boatwright <fred@blakemfg.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 question Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008121744560.3096@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008121854380.59274@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <4C641B08.E424A1A0@blakemfg.com> <4C64362A.3000202@njit.edu> <4C644E17.C9CFAAC9@blakemfg.com> <4C6456CD.50501@njit.edu> <4C646B03.701383F0@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008121854380.59274@tripel.monochrome.org>
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On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Chris Hill wrote: > On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Fred Boatwright wrote: > > [snip] > >> I installed x11-servers/xorg-server but maybe should have installed Xorg >> instead. However, from looking at the pkg-descr for xorg it looks like it >> will install a huge amount of software that will not get used. I am >> reluctant to do this. >> ... >> Am I going to have to install xorg to get everything needed? > > It really is the simplest way to get X working, and IMHO the least painful > way to install xorg is to use the package. Without installing the xorg > meta-port, you'd end up installing a lot of it by hand anyway. x11/xorg-minimal is reputed to be a lighter port. Untested by me, though.
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