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Date:      Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:21:13 -0500
From:      Henry Olyer <henry.olyer@gmail.com>
To:        Kenneth Freidank <kennethcf@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com>
Subject:   Re: am I the only one, wrt gcc44 -- it is failing and I can't build  octave or much else
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I'm sorry fellows.

You guys have given me great support and apparently I didn't get back to
you.  I'm sorry, I'm not very polite some times.  I will try to be more
careful about this.

Okay -- I was able to get my mouse working.

I made a ServerFlags section in my xorg.conf and suddenly!, my mouse moved.
 (Here you can assume a remark not in evidence...)

Next, I have wonderful X sessions now.

Next, I am prepared to nuke the /usr/ports area if I am told to do that -- I
know it can be mechanically rebuilt in about an hour.  (A past note from
Kenneth gave me this instruction and while I was a little nervous I did it;
 And wow!, I was so impressed as I watched it come back.)

Question:  Does the rebuild process examine the pkg_info results and load up
the directory appropriately?. or is it "one size fits all?"

Question:  Does anyone have a solution for doing a general machine backup to
one file?  So that I can back the machine up and later, subsequently,
perform a simple restore.  Because I've been using the machine very heavily
now, and I usually find that my own manual backups miss one thing or
another...  You've probably had the same experience.  Now, I see others
asking for such a feature/mechanism.  What's possible?

As for gcc44, I am fairly certain that it's actually broken -- that the port
itself is broken and that it isn't my incompetence, that the port itself is
mis-configured or mis-coded.

Oh., and in a conversation with an HP technical representative recently, he
told me that my taking down windoz to install FreeBSD constituted a "machine
downgrade."







On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Kenneth Freidank
<kennethcf@earthlink.net>wrote:

> Here are partial listings of my config files.  Add these entries to your
> config files and see if that does the trick.  I can't be 100% sure that
> everything is required, but it is what I have, and it works.  Attached is
> the xorg.conf file I generated.  Place it in the directory /etc/X11/.  When
> you have done these things, make sure your user belongs to the group
> "wheel", then login.  To start X, give the command:
>  startx
> You should get 3 windows, one of them labeled "login" in the title bar.  If
> you type "exit" while inside this window, then return, that will end your X
> session.  You will have some "fatal error" messages in your console window
> when X finishes.
>
> Also, make sure you have installed the nvidia drivers per my other
> postings.  You can check if you have the package installed by typing:
>  pkg_info | grep nvidia
> You should see at a minimum:
>  nidia-driver-185.18.29 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware
> OpenGL ren
>
> You have to build this packages and install it.  This process is documented
> in the NetBSD documents and my other postings for installing FreeBSD on a
> Compaq Presario CQ60.
>
>
> File /etc/rc.conf
>
> linux_enable="YES"
> moused_enable="YES"
> keyrate="fast"
> saver="star"
> hald_enable="YES"
> dbus_enable="YES"
> vesa_load="YES"
>
> File /boot/loader.conf
>
> nvidia_load="YES"
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Henry Olyer <henry.olyer@gmail.com>
> >Sent: Oct 26, 2009 2:53 AM
> >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> >Cc: Kenneth <kennethcf@earthlink.net>, Chris Whitehouse <
> cwhiteh@onetel.com>
> >Subject: am I the only one, wrt gcc44 -- it is failing and I can't build
>     octave or much else
> >
> >'everything; is dying in /usr/ports/lang/gcc44
> >
> >I know, (in all likelihood,) I'll have to scratch this area and do a
> >complete re-install.  Fine.  The thing is, I didn't change anything to
> mess
> >this area up in the first place.
> >
> >I've just been going to various directories in /usr/ports and saying,
> "make
> >install clean" and now this...  I was trying to put up octave when this
> >happened.
> >
> >So I could use a little help here, please...
> >
> >I also want/need to run X, and my X session (just put up,) doesn't yet let
> >me move the mouse.  I installed hal and dbus but what do I do now?
> >
> >And where or where do I put the "ServerFlags" entry in my xorg.conf file.
> > I'm sorry, I just don't know these things...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >===>  Building for gcc-4.4.2.20091006
> >echo stage3 > stage_final
> >gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build'
> >gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build'
> >gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build'
> >rm -f stage_current
> >gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build'
> >gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build'
> >gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build'
> >gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/libiberty'
> >gmake[4]: Entering directory
> >`/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/libiberty/testsuite'
> >gmake[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> >gmake[4]: Leaving directory
> >`/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/libiberty/testsuite'
> >gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/libiberty'
> >gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/intl'
> >gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> >gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/intl'
> >gmake[3]: Entering directory
> >`/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/build-i386-portbld-freebsd7.2/libiberty'
> >gmake[4]: Entering directory
>
> >`/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/build-i386-portbld-freebsd7.2/libiberty/testsuite'
> >gmake[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> >gmake[4]: Leaving directory
>
> >`/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/build-i386-portbld-freebsd7.2/libiberty/testsuite'
> >gmake[3]: Leaving directory
> >`/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/build-i386-portbld-freebsd7.2/libiberty'
> >gmake[3]: Entering directory
>
> >`/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/build-i386-portbld-freebsd7.2/fixincludes'
> >gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> >gmake[3]: Leaving directory
>
> >`/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/build-i386-portbld-freebsd7.2/fixincludes'
> >gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/zlib'
> >true "AR_FLAGS=rc" "CC_FOR_BUILD=cc" "CFLAGS=-g -fkeep-inline-functions"
> >"CXXFLAGS=-g -fkeep-inline-functions" "CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=-O2
> >-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/l
> >ocal/include" "CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=-g -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
> >-I/usr/local/include" "INSTALL=/usr/bin/install -c -o root -g wheel"
> >"INSTALL_DATA=install  -o root -
> >g wheel -m 444" "INSTALL_PROGRAM=install  -s -o root -g wheel -m 555"
> >"INSTALL_SCRIPT=install  -o root -g wheel -m 555" "LDFLAGS=" "LIBCFLAGS=-g
> >-O2 -fno-strict-aliasin
> >g -pipe -I/usr/local/include" "LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=-g -O2
> >-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include" "MAKE=gmake"
> >"MAKEINFO=makeinfo --no-split --split-size=5000
> >000 --split-size=5000000 --split-size=5000000" "PICFLAG="
> >"PICFLAG_FOR_TARGET=" "SHELL=/bin/sh" "EXPECT=expect" "RUNTEST=runtest"
> >"RUNTESTFLAGS=" "exec_prefix=/usr/loca
> >l" "infodir=/usr/local/info/gcc44" "libdir=/usr/local/lib/gcc44"
> >"prefix=/usr/local" "tooldir=/usr/local/i386-portbld-freebsd7.2" "AR=ar"
> >"AS=as" "CC=cc" "CXX=c++" "LD=
> >/usr/bin/ld" "LIBCFLAGS=-g -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
> >-I/usr/local/include" "NM=nm" "PICFLAG=" "RANLIB=ranlib" "DESTDIR=" DO=all
> >multi-do # gmake
> >gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/zlib'
> >gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/libcpp'
> >gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> >gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/libcpp'
> >gmake[3]: Entering directory
> `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/libdecnumber'
> >gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> >gmake[3]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/libdecnumber'
> >gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/gcc'
> >gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/lang/gcc44/work/build/gcc'
>



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