Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:12:10 +0000 From: Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> To: offbyone <offbyone@xs4all.nl> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <1137157930.28855.56.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <43C78D52.60301@xs4all.nl> References: <43C78D52.60301@xs4all.nl>
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On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 11:21, offbyone wrote: > My problem: > Running FreeBSD_5.4-RELEASE with XFree86-4.5.0, there is a mis-match: > the underlying o.s. and newly installed and upgraded ports expect X.org > After portupgrade of an X-supported port, this mis-match shows up as > "stale dependency(ies)" It's a bore repeatedly to point new and upgraded > ports to XFree86-libraries-4.5.0, etc. (and there is no XFree86 > component that corresponds directly to X.org-TrueType, or is there?) > My questions: > 0.) How to change the underlying o.s. default expectation to XFree86 AND > is this a good idea for the present and future of 5.x? > 1.) Is a better solution to bite the bullet, deinstall all XFree86 > components and install X.org, since FreeBDS is 5.x? > (N.B. I do not want to start a flame over XFree86 vs. X.org. That's a > too-old and pointless debate, and I have no inherent reason to prefer > one over the other.) > Thanks, very much. for more info, suggestions. > Jake > Jake, I am sorry I do not have an answer. but when I installed 5.4 not long ago it installed Xorg as the default from the iso. Did you update to 5.4 from an earlier version? Rob
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