Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:25:10 +0200 From: Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: xorg-7.3_1 Message-ID: <200803062225.10886.antik@bsd.ee> In-Reply-To: <1bf0a5b00803061145t2af77050y5485d0e58504a6b4@mail.gmail.com> References: <1bf0a5b00803061145t2af77050y5485d0e58504a6b4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thursday 06 March 2008 21:45:22 Laurent Grangeau wrote: > Hi there ! > > I've been using FreeBSD now for 4 months and it's a great OS. But is there > a way to install minimal Xorg server without installing the meta-port (and > thus, without all of the drivers) ? > > I'm using portinstall as the installer and I've been able to install > completely xorg-xserver and nvidia-driver until now, but I'm not able tu > launch the "startx" script. Where is that damned script (I mean, in which > package) ? > > I'm running minimal install of FreeBSD 7.0. > > Regards, You can manually disable parts that would be installed in Makefile per port. For example remove all type1 (really ugly adobe) fonts dependency lines from x11-fonts/xorg-fonts and then you can install xorg metaport without worrying about those craptastic fonts anymore. Less dependencies, less fuss. IMHO Andrei
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