Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:31:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bruce Albrecht <bruce@zuhause.mn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X and Release 2.2.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970403233049.464o-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199704030602.AAA08863@zuhause.mn.org>
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On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Bruce Albrecht wrote: > I've seen some comments on this mailing list (or maybe freebsd-current) to > the effect that the binary version of XFree86 was improperly built, and is > really built against FreeBSD-current, which is really FreeBSD-3.0-current. > I'm about to install FreeBSD for the first time. I have the 2.1.6 CDROM, but > I'm planning on ftp'ing the 2.2.1 release, and installing it. Since I have > a Matrox Millenium, I'd really like to install the XFree3.2A release. Is > this the version that was built incorrectly, or was XFree3.2 that was built > against the wrong version? Would I be better off installing 2.1.6 and > waiting until the smoke clears for 2.2.1? Should I install XFree 3.2 from > scratch from the ports collection (and compile it myself), even though > the performance is supposed to be much better for my graphics card in 3.2A? You'll have to grab the 3.2A yourself from ftp://ftp.xfree86.org. It should be properly compiled. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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