Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:16:32 -0500 From: Mike Hernandez <sequethin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I install xorg-clients? Message-ID: <20051115001632.GA3201@dementia.beyondnormal.net> In-Reply-To: <43790D91.50004@charter.net> References: <4378D218.100@charter.net> <20051114215352.3A66F17033@radagast.ijs.si> <43790D91.50004@charter.net>
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 05:20:01PM -0500, bob self wrote: > Yes, I have the nvidia driver installed. I used pkg_delete to remove > nvidia-driver. I already had the latest xterm installed. > I was now able to install xorg-clients. Finally, I re-installed > nvidia-driver and now everything is back to normal. > I didn't realize there was a port for the driver ;) I installed with the tar.gz I found on nvnews.net (Where I used to get my linux driver) What I had to do in order to achieve the effect above is install the driver from the port and then deinstall it and then reinstall xorg-clients and then reinstall the nvidia driver. I suppose I could have just removed the offending files, but this seemed to me to be the best way to go. And it worked, which is what matters most to me ;) Just a note in case someone else is following or found this thread in the archives... I did all my b0rking remotely, and after removing xorg-clients and not being able to reinstall it (until coming home and reading my mail) I had my kdm screen still there waiting for me. I tried to log in and it told me that iceauth was missing. Yes, iceauth is part of the xorg-clients port. What I did was cd into the iceauth dir of the port (something like work/programs/iceauth) and ran make install from there. This allowed me to log in to kde once again. Does it make sense to mess about with x11 ports from a running x session? probably not. But it was comforting to work from an Eterm, especially after wondering all day whether or not I did serious damage to my brand new install ;) Mike
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