Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:06:19 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@ptavv.es.net> To: Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto <fabio@hostname.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xfree86 4.2.0 Message-ID: <20020121200619.53C585D0A@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Jan 2002 05:21:56 -0200." <3C4BC194.5000906@hostname.org>
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> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 05:21:56 -0200 > From: Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto <fabio@hostname.org> > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Xfree86 4.2.0 will be on freebsd 4.5? This gets down to semantics. Technically, XFree86 is not a part of the base system. It's always a package or port. But the installation procedure does provide the option of installing X and people tend to think that makes X part of the base system. My recommendation has long been to NOT install any X from sysinstall but to install XFree86-4 from either package or port right after the installation to avoid any confusion, especially if you are using any video card less than two years old. For the foreseeable future the installation procedure will install 3.3.x even though most newer graphics cards need 4.x. The concern is that many older cards are not supported in 4.x. This is discussed from time to time on freebsd-stable and probably other lists. So, 4.5 will install 3.3.x and will include the 4.x package. The remaining question is whether the 4.2 package and port will ship with the 4.5 ISO and CD and I'd bet against it, but that's a matter for the release engineer to decide. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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