From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 05:44:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCE2B16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:44:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-05-eri0.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-05.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3204E43D4C for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:44:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from afabian@austin.rr.com) Received: from turingmachine.mentalsiege.net (cs70112247-52.austin.rr.com [70.112.247.52])iBU5idPa021710; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:44:46 -0600 (CST) Received: from turingmachine.mentalsiege.net (turingmachine.mentalsiege.net [127.0.0.1])iBU5hJsd077943; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:43:30 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from afabian@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net) Received: (from afabian@localhost)iBU5hDKo069056; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:43:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from afabian) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:42:37 -0600 From: Adam Fabian To: Dave Horsfall Message-ID: <20041230054237.GA16781@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Horsfall , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade to 5.3-STABLE broke X? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:44:52 -0000 On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 12:57:24PM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote: > Obscure error messages: > > I note that Xorg went from 6.7.0 to 6.8.1, and I poked around I upgraded from 6.7.0 to 6.8.1 and also got obscure (but different) error messages. The 5.3 packages on FreeBSD's FTP servers are 6.7.0. After looking a bit and not really finding a solution to my problem, I just downloaded the binary packages and downgraded back to 6.7.0. (This is probably a lot easier than compiling, since you'd probably have to use portdowngrade on a lot of ports, or do it manually, or some such.) > What do I do now? Reinstall FreeBSD? Install XFree86 instead? > Somehow downgrade to 6.7.0 until wiki.x.org gets its act together? Newer isn't always better... and it *is* X. It's been the same X11R6 for years. ;) -- Adam Fabian (afabian@austin.rr.com)