From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 26 07:59:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA09714 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 07:59:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA09706 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 07:59:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.com (slc16.modem.xmission.com) by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA27886 (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for ); Tue, 26 Nov 1996 07:59:50 -0800 Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id JAA02079; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:00:02 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:00:02 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199611261600.JAA02079@obie.softweyr.com> From: Wes Peters To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Cc: proot@horton.iaces.com Subject: Re: Upgrading XFree86 on 2.1.6 In-Reply-To: <199611251959.LAA04760@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199611251959.LAA04760@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Paul T. Root asked: > I've upgraded my 2.1.5 machine to 2.1.6 and would like to > upgrade XFree86 to 3.2. How do I go about that? Can I just extract > the tar files on top of the old? When you ftp the X32*.tgz files you need, also get preinst.sh and postinst.sh. Cd to /usr/X11R6, run preinst.sh, then extract each of the .tgz files you need. Run postinst.sh to clean up. Now run XF86Setup, the cool new graphical setup utility in 3.2. Works like a charm, as long as you actually know what kind of VGA card you've got. (I spent an hour yesterday trying to convince X that my card had an S3 ViRGE, when closer examination revealed it was an S3 Trio64. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com