Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:10:56 -0800 From: Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7p3 -- multiple issues Message-ID: <B1997D32-3E0D-11D7-B2B3-0005025E566F@antsclimbtree.com> In-Reply-To: <1045000672.305.71.camel@gyros>
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On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 01:57 PM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > You may have accidentally overwritten X. However, it could also be that > this file is very ancient, and doesn't properly reflect what's going on > now. If you've found you've messed up X, you should remove all XFree86 > packages, then reinstall the XFree86-4 meta-port. > > Joe I'm beginning to suspect my XFree86 install is toast. My man pages say 3.3.6. I think I had 3.3.6 installed from the original FreeBSD 4.3 or something like that, and somehow didn't fully remove it. When I do cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 sudo make deinstall it says the port isn't installed. However, I don't have XFree86-4 installed either, and my XFree86 man pages say 3.3.6, so clearly 3.3.6 didn't get deinstalled and is still half-working. Is there a way to say, "deinstall the files that would be installed if this port was installed?" Or, would it be best to install /usr/ports/x11/XFree86, and then deinstall it? I'm pretty sure if I can get 3.3.6 totally gone, and then install /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4, I'm going to be set. Sorry to be bringing such a fubar'd system to you! -- Mark Edwards Engineer Mr. Toad's San Francisco, CA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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