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Date:      Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:13:19 -0700
From:      perryh@pluto.rain.com
To:        mueller23@insightbb.com
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Any way to keep two versions of Xorg?
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"Thomas Mueller" <mueller23@insightbb.com> wrote:

> Is there any way to keep two versions of Xorg-server, using no
> more than one at a time?
>
> Reason is the newer but unstable version with KMS, permitting
> full use of the newer Intel graphics chips.

Provided you are OK with having the new KMS code in the kernel
while running the older Xorg (so you don't need different kernels
-- thus different base -- in addition to different Xorg userland),
and if you don't mind having two entire ports/packages sets each
including its own Xorg, this thread may help:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2013-April/082949.html



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