From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 26 21:20:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A5C216A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:20:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C8F43D2D for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:20:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j1QLJvq6008715; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:19:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j1QLJuve085202; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:19:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j1QLJttM085201; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:19:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:19:55 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Michael Nottebrock Message-ID: <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org> References: <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262225.24444.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050226130509.39e109e9.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262149.06501.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200502262149.06501.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: Godwin Stewart cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg 6.8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:20:10 -0000 On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 09:49:00PM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Saturday, 26. February 2005 13:05, Godwin Stewart wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:25:24 +1030, "Daniel O'Connor" > > > > wrote: > > > You don't need to update a port just because it depends on Xorg. The X > > > API is quite stable so you can update just Xorg without expecting any > > > problems. (I did XFree86 -> Xorg with zero problems for example) > > > > No, the problem's the other way round. Every time I want to portupgrade > > something else, portupgrade also wants to upgrade Xorg. > > edit /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf, find the HOLD_PKGS = [ line and change it > to > > HOLD_PKGS = [ > 'bsdpan-*', > 'xorg-*', > 'imake-*', > ] > > I've been using that for a long time now, since Xorg 6.8.1 breaks vt-switching > for me. > Tweaking pkgtools.conf may help me if I move back to XFree, and it's looking like I have no choice. xorg autoconfigs itself to run at too high a res and nothing I do fixes it. So, without highjacking this thread _too_ much, can anybody give me the cmds to get back to XFree-4 on my 5.3 install? I tried several days ago and got fouled up. What xorg* ports do I have to pkg_delete before I cd to /usr/ports/x11/XFree-4 and type a 'make install'? thanks much, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix