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Date:      Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:30:03 +0200
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To:        perikillo <perikillo@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Freebsd 5.4 cannot fetch xfree86?
Message-ID:  <42BFB90B.8030804@cs.tu-berlin.de>
In-Reply-To: <51d7a51605062623007660086b@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <51d7a51605062623007660086b@mail.gmail.com>

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perikillo wrote:

>     I install freebsd 5.4 Release, with xorg i have problems with my
> kbd,

Tell your problem. It don't think that it is unsolvable.

> and i decide to install the old friend XFree86-4, i read the
> handbook about, the example say:
> test# pkg_add -r XFree86
> 
>    But my system dosent found nothing, the answer is something about
> "Cannot fetch xfree86 packages from ftp.freebsd.org.
> 
>    There is something else i need to do? or where i can change the
> default URL? OR wich URL have those pakages ? Any help i will
> apreciate.

As far as I know there are no official XFree86 packages at 
ftp.freebsd.org and mirrors anymore. I suggest to build XFree86 from 
sources:

   echo X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4 >> /etc/make.conf
   cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4
   make install clean


Björn



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