From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Jun 6 14:51: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from opensrs.saignon.net (211.saignon.net [63.210.176.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B79137B406 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:50:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from frankenmobl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by opensrs.saignon.net (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g56Lnrr87240; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:49:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tony@saign.com) From: "Tony Saign" To: "'Julian H. Stacey'" Cc: "'FreeBSD Mobile'" Subject: RE: X4.2 Broken on 4.6RC?? Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:49:55 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c20da4$19470e80$6e01a8c0@frankenmobl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 In-Reply-To: <200206062118.g56LIK814466@king.jhs.private> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I downloaded a snapshot today http://snapshots.jp.freebsd.org dated 06/05 and tried again... This time it completed with no errors. Tried the 4.6-RC2 CD I downloaded from ftp.freebsd.org failed to install XFree86 4.0.2 during sysinstall. Not sure what changed, but it does work with the snapshot CD :) -Tony }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Julian H. Stacey }Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 2:18 PM }To: Tony Saign }Cc: 'FreeBSD Mobile' }Subject: Re: X4.2 Broken on 4.6RC?? } } }"Tony Saign" wrote: }> I've tried on 2 different laptops to install X4.2 (From sysinstall or }> ports) without success. }> Is anyone else having this issue? } }Not tried on my laptops yet, but note: } }http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.6R/qa.html } XFree86 4.2.0. sysinstall now installs XFree86 4.2.0 instead } of XFree86 3.3.6; the XFree86 installation now uses ``normal'' } binary packages instead of the special tarballs in past } releases. The ports infrastructure now uses the XFree86 } version 4 as the default version for satisfying dependencies. } }Not clear if yours is an install or config problem, but if config, }maybe your laptop display chip might not be recognised by the new X ? }Perhaps try /usr/X11R6/bin/ XF86Setup & SuperProbe ? } }We mobile owners will need to be more cautious than tower owners }going from 4.5 to 4.6, as we won't have their possibility to swap }out graphic cards with no longer supported chips. I'm going to }tread carefully with mine when the time comes, & perhaps need to }delete 4.2 & install an old 3.3.6 if necessary. } } }Julian Stacey Munich Unix (FreeBSD, Linux etc) }Independent Consultant }jhs@bim.bsn.com http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/ } Ihr Rauchen = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! }Schnupftabak probieren ! } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message } To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message