Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 22:19:21 -0700 From: "Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com> To: Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem installing xfree86 under 4.6.2 Message-ID: <3D6FEF69.7506.3634146B@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0208302253020.54144-100000@nollie.summersault.com> References: <200208302314.g7UNEmP02834@pacbell.net>
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On 30 Aug 2002, at 23:04, Mark Stosberg wrote: > On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 paleph@pacbell.net wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I have a 4.5 system that I've been trying to upgrade to 4.6.2. Everything > > goes well upto the point that I try to install xfree86. Using either > > sysinstall or the command line install program, I get the following > > error: > > > > XFree86 configuraiton process seems to have filed. Do you want to try again.` > > If I had to guess, you were probably running XFree86 3.3.6 before, and > as part of the upgrade to 4.6.2, XFree86 4.2 got installed. In that > case, I think your /etc/XF86Config file would be preserved, although it > may now contain some incompatible syntax with XFree86 4.2. > If you're trying to install XFree86 4.x or above, another thing to check is that /etc/make.conf has: XFREE86_VERSION= 4 in it. According to the new make.conf in 4.6.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD defaults to version 4 now, but I think in the old make.conf, it defaulted to 3. Something else to check, anyway. Regards, Corey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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