Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:38:22 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg 6.8.1 Message-ID: <200502261338.23566.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org> References: <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262149.06501.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org>
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On Saturday 26 February 2005 01:19 pm, Gary Kline wrote: > 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" > > > > > > <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> 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 Try setting in /etc/make.conf X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4 There is an entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING about it. Upgrading with sysutils/portmanager should be able to reset all of your dependencies after that. -Mike
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