Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 21:00:18 GMT From: "Andrew Grillet" <andrew@nav-poi.com> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/112547: font-alias port distinfo wrong Message-ID: <200705112100.l4BL0I5U013989@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/112547; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Andrew Grillet" <andrew@nav-poi.com> To: "Edwin Groothuis" <edwin@freebsd.org> Cc: Subject: Re: ports/112547: font-alias port distinfo wrong Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 17:28:58 +0100 ------=_Part_151419_31843921.1178900938634 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 5/9/07, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Synopsis: font-alias port distinfo wrong > > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback > State-Changed-By: edwin > State-Changed-When: Wed May 9 21:44:11 UTC 2007 > State-Changed-Why: > Before marking this as a troll, can you tell me where you find this > font-alias port? I can't find it on cvsweb, my ports collection or > freshports. Really, I am not a troll! Font-alias has disappeared from my ports tree as well. I have been wildly cvsupping from ftp.uk.freebsd.org, ftp.ie.freebsd.org, ftp.freebsd.org, and I am not sure which one did have it. The origin of this is that I have been running FreeBSD 5.5as my desktop for some time on an i386 with an NVidia GForce card. I deleted everything and installed 6.2. SInce then, I have been unable to get Xorg running. I persistently get the problem "unable to find default font 'fixed'". Wild and ferocious use of Google suggested that this was curable by the use of the font-alias port. I found it after a cvsup from one of the three locations listed above, but it would not install: I got an error message suggesting that the file was missing from distinfo, but I guessed that the real problem was the file extension. However, I was not able to get it to build. I have cvsupped frequently in a desperate attempt to get my FreeBSD system working again - I do not enjoy using WIn2K to type this! Also I need to access my e-mail from the server, which I don't know how to do with WIndows. The original problem started several weeks ago. In my desperation, I accidentally wiped a disk with an old /usr/ports filesystem on when I meant to wipe a different disk. I now can't find the font-alias port either. However, I swear it did exist, and there are people who say it is the solution to my problem, although its quite likely a red herring. Please can you find a way to contact someone who knows how to get Xorg working with an NVIdia card, and update the docs so wecan fix the underlying problem. I don't want font-alias, I want a working gui on kit that did have one. Please. I did also try git at some stage, so that may have been the way that it crept in, but I doubt it. I did not get any ports ot build using git anyway, and wiped it quickly. regards Andrew http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112547 > -- Andrew Grillet Technical Team andrew@nav-poi.com www.nav-poi.com The Point Of Interest Company ------=_Part_151419_31843921.1178900938634 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Edwin Groothuis</b> <<a href="mailto:edwin@freebsd.org">edwin@freebsd.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> Synopsis: font-alias port distinfo wrong<br><br>State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback<br>State-Changed-By: edwin<br>State-Changed-When: Wed May 9 21:44:11 UTC 2007<br>State-Changed-Why:<br>Before marking this as a troll, can you tell me where you find this <br>font-alias port? I can't find it on cvsweb, my ports collection or<br>freshports.</blockquote><div><br>Really, I am not a troll!<br><br>Font-alias has disappeared from my ports tree as well. <br><br>I have been wildly cvsupping from <a href="http://ftp.uk.freebsd.org">ftp.uk.freebsd.org</a>, <a href="http://ftp.ie.freebsd.org">ftp.ie.freebsd.org</a>, <a href="http://ftp.freebsd.org">ftp.freebsd.org</a>, and I am not sure which one did have it. The origin of this is that I have been running FreeBSD 5.5 as my desktop for some time on an i386 with an NVidia GForce card. I deleted everything and installed 6.2. <br>SInce then, I have been unable to get Xorg running. I persistently get the problem "unable to find default font 'fixed'". <br> <br>Wild and ferocious use of Google suggested that this was curable by the use of the font-alias port. I found it after a cvsup<br>from one of the three locations listed above, but it would not install: I got an error message suggesting that the <br>file was missing from distinfo, but I guessed that the real problem was the file extension. However, I was not able to<br>get it to build. <br><br>I have cvsupped frequently in a desperate attempt to get my FreeBSD system working again - I do not enjoy using WIn2K to type this! Also I need to access my e-mail from the server, which I don't know how to do with WIndows. The original problem started several weeks ago. In my desperation, I accidentally wiped a disk with an old /usr/ports filesystem on when I meant to wipe a different disk. <br><br>I now can't find the font-alias port either. However, I swear it did exist, and there are people who say it is the solution to my problem, although its quite likely a red herring.<br> <br>Please can you find a way to contact someone who knows how to get Xorg working with an NVIdia card, and update the docs so wecan fix the underlying problem. I don't want font-alias, I want a working gui on kit that did have one. Please. <br><br>I did also try git at some stage, so that may have been the way that it crept in, but I doubt it. I did not get any ports ot build using git anyway, and wiped it quickly.<br> <br><br>regards<br><br>Andrew<br> </div> <br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi">http://www.freebsd.org/cgi</a>/query-pr.cgi?pr=112547<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br><br>Andrew Grillet<br><br>Technical Team<br><a href="mailto:andrew@nav-poi.com"> andrew@nav-poi.com</a><br><a href="http://www.nav-poi.com">www.nav-poi.com</a><br>The Point Of Interest Company ------=_Part_151419_31843921.1178900938634--
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