From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 22 06:00:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6F710656BC for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:00:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8508FC28 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:00:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com) Received: from [10.0.10.6] ([202.69.174.5]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:00:02 -0700 Message-ID: <49C5D3E6.6070807@a1poweruser.com> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:00:06 +0800 From: Fbsd1 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Judd References: <1237688408.46760.6.camel@t60.local.zz> In-Reply-To: <1237688408.46760.6.camel@t60.local.zz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Mar 2009 06:00:02.0674 (UTC) FILETIME=[70E5B520:01C9AAB3] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing ports xorg X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:00:15 -0000 Tim Judd wrote: > I'm getting ZERO feedback when I install the xorg metaport, updated > ports tree today. > > # cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg > # make install > # > > > > So what am i missing? > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-install.html > tells me to install this port. > > > I even deleted /var/db/pkg/* and /var/db/ports/* to try to hook it to > install... Retrying the above install every time. Nothing works. > > What to do? > > > Thanks.... > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > it will take many many hours to compile. If you read more in handbook it also says you can install the package version which should only take 30 minutes. pkg_add -r xorg