Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:32:52 -0600 From: James <oscartheduck@gmail.com> To: John <nesredep@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg 7.3 Message-ID: <d59e90ab0710311732w3f76136fv5bb3ff7d893099ff@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <cff9f2d10710310943o7a334291iab8735e7948ed963@mail.gmail.com> References: <cff9f2d10710310943o7a334291iab8735e7948ed963@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/31/07, John <nesredep@gmail.com> wrote: > > I hope this is an appropriate list for this type of question; please let > me > know if another list is more suitable to newbie-type quesions. > > I've been using Linux for a long time, and every year or so I have a crack > at *BSD to see what I'm missing. But it never works out. > > So, trying again... > > I think I want to start with FreeBSD 6.2 with Xorg upgraded to 7.3. I > tried > to accomplish this over the course of several installs. In the end, I > decided this should work: > > a) install 6.2, plain User setup (NOT with Xorg, and NOT with ports) > > b) portsnap fetch > > c) portsnap extract > > d) cd to /usr/ports/x11/xorg and make install clean > > When I do pkg_version -v, it SEEMS to have installed the xorg that I want. > > Is this the right procedure to start with? Yes. The file you should be aware of from now on is /usr/ports/UPDATING. It's notes for updating. But you didn't update anything, you installed from scratch. Should I have set up that > vulnerability database? What're you thinking of? portaudit? Any advice appreciated. > > John > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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