Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 03:06:49 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any ideas why these xorg hassles??? Message-ID: <200503040306.50895.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200503040238.29236.ringworm01@gmail.com> References: <20050304085526.GA88144@thought.org> <200503040152.02290.ringworm01@gmail.com> <200503040238.29236.ringworm01@gmail.com>
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On Friday 04 March 2005 02:38 am, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > On Friday 04 March 2005 01:52 am, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > On Friday 04 March 2005 01:34 am, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > > On Friday 04 March 2005 12:55 am, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > Guys, > > > > > > > > Here's the story XFree-4 vs xorg. I have 4 platforms on > > > > a KVM so every machine uses the same tube. With XFree, > > > > my 3 FBSD systems had a flawless 1280x1024 display. With > > > > xorg, on my E-machines (ATI-Rage- 4M Video) the screen > > > > quivers. On my HP Kayak (Matrox II 8M) the display is > > > > steady but the tube is complaining "INVALID SYNC". The > > > > CRT is a high-end Hitachi. I got the exact specs for both > > > > the horiz and vert hertz ranges. Before, I was just > > > > close. Now everything is dead-on. > > > > > > > > Another couple things. With XFree, I set the DefaultDepth' > > > > to 8; now, on both computers it is maxed out at 16. If I > > > > do set the default depth to 8, xdm fails. (It "tries" to' > > > > initialize, then something clicks/resets, the screen > > > > flashes grey for an instant; repeats infinitely.) > > > > > > > > Can anyone clue me in on howto get back to XFree on both > > > > systems? I know about make.conf, but what should I > > > > pkg_delete? > > > > > > I'm running portmanager on a test system to see if it is able to > > > switch between XFree86 and xorg, if it is all you need due is > > > make the change in make.conf then run portmanager -u. I'll know > > > in an hour or so the results. > > > > > > -Mike > > > > It works, test passed. If you change X_WINDOW_SYSTEM= in make.conf > > and as soon as portmanager -u finds any one port that depends on > > X and needs upgrading it will switch everthing to what ever version > > you have selected with X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=. This will take a while if > > you have a lot of X related ports installed.... > > > > -Mike > > I have to add one thing, the meta port if installed for the old X > version needs to be manually removed first. > > -Mike The following will be added to portmanager's man page: Switching from XFree86-4 to xorg 1) change /etc/make.conf from X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4 to X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg 2) pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/XFree86* 3) run portmanager -u > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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