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Date:      Wed, 23 May 2007 17:29:54 -0300
From:      JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Iulian M <eti@erata.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: xorg 7.2 start problem
Message-ID:  <200705231729.56157.joao@matik.com.br>
In-Reply-To: <20070523192625.GA62126@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <200705211823.29943.ABabiy@shaw.ca> <200705231107.03356.eti@erata.net> <20070523192625.GA62126@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Wednesday 23 May 2007 16:26:25 Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 11:06:46AM +0300, Iulian M wrote:
> > <joke>
> > Yep... you have to rebuild everything. Not to fix the error but just
> > because you don't read other threads on the ML
> > </joke>
> >
> > On another thread the conclusion was that installing x11-fonts/font-ali=
as
> > solved the fixed font problem.
>
> Speaking of not reading other threads, you might also look closer to
> home ;)
>
> Adding font-alias would just be treating the next symptom, and then
> you'll probably find that something else still doesn't work because it
> is also missing.
>
> As I've said a *number* of times already (and as is mentioned in the
> UPDATING instructions), install the x11/xorg port to obtain a complete
> installation.

I also haven't read anything and got terrible caught by this 7.2 xorg thing

I guess that the most shit comes from the path change and that portupgrade=
=20
deos not tell anything about the old default /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts chang=
e=20
to /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts. Kind of sed operation would have solved this=20
easily without bothering anyone
Seems it is necessary to delete manually the old font dirs because portupgr=
ade=20
does not.

so then most people may find out that editing the font paths in xorg.conf w=
ill=20
solve the problem at the end and not to forget the new X path in kdmrc whic=
h=20
also is a good one when saying a msg  as "cannot execute" instead of "is no=
t=20
there" ... :)


font-alias also does wierd things and creates font.alias even for fonts whi=
ch=20
are not installed, let's say cyrillic for instance, not sure if this is=20
right, anyway, font-alias is not necessary I think=20

and kind of lame that portupgrade xorg does not install the modules, that i=
s a=20
funny strike

uninstalling xorg and installing the meta port also does not solve the=20
issue ... but installs some zillions of font crap which I can not believe=20
that somebody still use them

but it was a funny day and useful to learn finally something about xorg whi=
ch=20
before 7.2 was a really toooooo easy going install :)

=2D-=20

Jo=E3o







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