From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 15:46:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB1B16A4CE for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:46:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.boulderlabs.com (mail.boulderlabs.com [206.168.112.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 708D543D1F for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:46:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@mail.boulderlabs.com) Received: from vec.boulderlabs.com (cpe-24-221-212-162.co.sprintbbd.net [24.221.212.162])i7PFkbe2071757; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:46:37 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from bob@mail.boulderlabs.com) Received: from vec.boulderlabs.com (localhost.boulderlabs.com [127.0.0.1]) by vec.boulderlabs.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id i7PFkSxQ075768; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:46:28 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from bob@vec.boulderlabs.com) Message-Id: <200408251546.i7PFkSxQ075768@vec.boulderlabs.com> From: Robert Gray To: Ken Smith In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:05:47 EDT." Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:46:28 -0600 Sender: bob@boulderlabs.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60-rc3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-rc3 (1.202-2003-08-29-exp) on mail.boulderlabs.com X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:52:25 +0000 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X.org configuration in sysinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:46:51 -0000 Yes, eliminate the opportunity to configure X from sysinstall because the risk of hanging/crashing is too large. Even yesterday with 5.3Beta1, I had to hand massage a /etc/X11/X86Config to get X working with a Presario I810 82845G chipset. -robert gray Ken Smith Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:05:47 EDT says: > >I'm doing some final cleaning up of the X.org migration's impact on >sysinstall. At the moment what sysinstall tries to use to configure >X.org appears to be useless - it runs "xorgcfg" with no arguments >which seems to successfully start the server but then just sits there >with nothing else happening. > >As part of merging in the X.org setup to begin with Eric seemed >in favor of eliminating the X server config from sysinstall completely. >There are lots of holes in lots of feet caused by this step failing. >That or other options that fix the basic problem in a more complex >way can be discussed for future releases. > >For now I'm thinking we should just rip out the offer sysinstall makes >for doing a graphical configuration and leave it at that for the 5.3 >release. The text mode configuration appears to work. > >Any thoughts? > >-- > Ken Smith