Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:21:59 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org> Cc: Gabor PALI <pgj@freebsd.org>, "doc@FreeBSD.org" <doc@freebsd.org>, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduce Xorg 7.4 to the X11 configuration section Message-ID: <49EDF2A7.8060803@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e890cae60904210909u7f9864c0h85f09d49e5b6c899@mail.gmail.com> References: <49ED0056.5010706@gmail.com> <e890cae60904210909u7f9864c0h85f09d49e5b6c899@mail.gmail.com>
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Rene Ladan wrote: > 2009/4/21 Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>: > >> Hey all, >> >> Judging from the threads in questions, it seems the new Xorg has caused >> lots of trouble to users upgrading from 7.3 or installing for the first >> time (myself included). As there are a few important configuration >> changes (which I doubt will be undone by newer Xorg versions - it will >> probably get even more automated) I feel we should document some of >> these in the Handbook, updating the info already there. >> >> Here is a small patch for the X11 chapter which attempts to do this: >> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~manolis/x11.diff >> >> And the build: >> >> http://www.freebsdgr.org/handbook-mine/x-config.html >> >> This is much smaller than the 1000+ line monster of firewalls, and as >> always all comments are welcome :) >> > > The patch looks nice. Some grammar nits are at > ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/x11.rene.diff > > Patch updated, thanks! > I haven't tested the patch on a live system (!), I assume the > technical content is correct ;-) > > I can assure you, I've consumed all this 'advice' myself trying to upgrade / install 7.4 on more than a couple of systems ;)
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