Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 11:01:09 +0300 From: Iulian M <eti@erata.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Woes of xorg 7.2 upgrade ... Message-ID: <200706091101.13262.eti@erata.net> In-Reply-To: <20070609075227.GA13754@gronau-fs> References: <010001c7aa63$100adca0$6601a8c0@KGISH> <20070609075227.GA13754@gronau-fs>
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--nextPart2854759.iXIkg5xOKG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 09 June 2007, Jens B wrote: > * Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> [2007-06-09 09:45]: > > I've been struggling now for 2 weeks trying to do the xorg upgrade, > > following the upgrading instructions to a tee, but it has turned into a > > complete mess. > > > > If worse comes to worse, what it the best way to proceed? > > > > Is there an easy way just to reinstall xorg from scratch? > > > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > > > -- > > Kiffin Rex Gish > > Gouda, The Netherlands > > In such cases the best would be to deinstall xorg with all > dependencies and install xorg from scratch. > > hi, Depending on your setup it might be a good idea to remove All the ports=20 installed and check /usr/local ( i guess /usr/X11R6 is already a symlink )= =20 for orphaned files that might get in the way of a new install.=20 To speed up the initial install of xorg you could use binary packages and i= f=20 you feel like it recompile after from ports... at least you will have X=20 working in the meantime.=20 =2D-=20 Best Regards, Iulian Margarintescu http://www.erata.net eti@erata.net (spamassassin & pf & spamd all said it's OK to make it public ;-) ) Key ID: 0x03176E5CEDEFF7AB I prefer plain text email --nextPart2854759.iXIkg5xOKG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGal5FAxduXO3v96sRAuVGAJsGkkad7QNBG4+sOaIDPi+NlEJFBQCghaHV XuaiKOja1VZ/v7zHQpS9pdA= =DLQF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2854759.iXIkg5xOKG--
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