From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 27 05:22:41 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 A3B6616A4CE for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:22:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbound.mailhop.org (outbound.mailhop.org [63.208.196.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65DAD43D2D for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:22:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from strnbrg@trhj.homeunix.net) Received: from c-67-174-238-153.client.comcast.net ([67.174.238.153]) by outbound.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.42) id 1CinL6-000MuD-It for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:22:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:31:34 -0800 (PST) From: "Theodore D. Sternberg" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20041226212114.K81983@trhj.homeunix.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS.org X-Originating-IP: 67.174.238.153 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.org (see http://www.mailhop.org/outbound/abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: tdsternberg Subject: 5.3: want to install XFree86 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: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:22:41 -0000 I've had it with Xorg and would like to go back to XFree86. Unfortunately, when I go to /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 and type "make", it doesn't do anything; it just gives me this message... ===> XFree86-4.4.0_1,1 is part of XFree86-4. and exits. XFree86 was giving me everything I needed, back under FreeBSD 5.1. Xorg, in contrast, is one huge hassle. "Xorg -config" produces an xorg.conf.new file that doesn't work (I have ATI Rage 128). Then, reading some of the traffic on this mailing list I see talk about preloading AGP and ATI from /boot/loaders.conf, and I know I'd be getting in way too deep if I did that. To further confirm my ignorance, I'll ask this: what exactly is Xorg? Is it just a different X server (and associated configuration tools)? Or is it something more broad-based than that? If I succeed in building an XFree86 server, can I just make the appropriate symlink -- /usr/X11R6/bin/X --, install my old XFree86.conf file in /etc/X11, and run with that? Or is it going to be more complicated? Ted Sternberg Fremont, California