Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:19:55 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg 6.8.1 Message-ID: <20050226211955.GA85059@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <200502262149.06501.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <20050226110651.0a20301b.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262225.24444.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050226130509.39e109e9.gstewart@bonivet.net> <200502262149.06501.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
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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 -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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