ports/112547: font-alias port distinfo wrong

Fri May 11 21:00:19 UTC 2007

The following reply was made to PR ports/112547; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Andrew Grillet" <andrew at nav-poi.com>
To: "Edwin Groothuis" <edwin at freebsd.org>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: ports/112547: font-alias port distinfo wrong
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 17:28:58 +0100

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 On 5/9/07, Edwin Groothuis <edwin at freebsd.org> wrote:
 >
 > Synopsis: font-alias port distinfo wrong
 >
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: edwin
 > State-Changed-When: Wed May 9 21:44:11 UTC 2007
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > Before marking this as a troll, can you tell me where you find this
 > font-alias port? I can't find it on cvsweb, my ports collection or
 > freshports.

 Really, I am not a troll!

 Font-alias has disappeared from my ports tree as well.

 I have been wildly cvsupping from ftp.uk.freebsd.org, ftp.ie.freebsd.org,
 ftp.freebsd.org, and I am not sure which one did have it.
 The origin of this is that I have been running FreeBSD 5.5as my
 desktop for some time on an i386 with an NVidia GForce card. I deleted
 everything and installed
 6.2.
 SInce then, I have been unable to get Xorg running. I persistently get the
 problem "unable to find default font 'fixed'".

 Wild and ferocious
 use of Google suggested that this was curable by the use of the
 font-alias port. I
 found it after a cvsup
 from one of the three locations listed above, but it would not install: I
 got an error message suggesting that the
 file was missing from distinfo, but I guessed that the real problem was the
 file extension. However, I was not able to
 get it to build.

 I have cvsupped frequently in a desperate attempt to get my FreeBSD system
 working again - I do not enjoy using WIn2K to type this! Also I need to
 access my e-mail from the server, which I don't know how to do with WIndows.
 The original problem started several weeks ago. In my desperation, I
 accidentally wiped a disk with an old /usr/ports filesystem on when I meant
 to wipe a different disk.

 I now can't find the font-alias port either. However, I swear it did exist,
 and there are people who say it is the solution to my problem, although its
 quite likely a red herring.

 Please can you find a way to contact someone who knows how to get Xorg
 working with an NVIdia card, and update the docs so wecan fix the underlying
 problem. I don't want font-alias, I want a working gui on kit that did have
 one. Please.

 I did also try git at some stage, so that may have been the way that it
 crept in, but I doubt it. I did not get any ports ot build using git anyway,
 and wiped it quickly.

 regards

 Andrew

 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112547
 >

 -- 

 Andrew Grillet

 Technical Team
 andrew at nav-poi.com
 www.nav-poi.com
 The Point Of Interest Company

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<div>On 5/9/07, Edwin Groothuis <<a href="mailto:edwin at freebsd.org">edwin at freebsd.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
 Synopsis: font-alias port distinfo wrong State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback State-Changed-By: edwin State-Changed-When: Wed May 9 21:44:11 UTC 2007 State-Changed-Why: Before marking this as a troll, can you tell me where you find this
 font-alias port? I can't find it on cvsweb, my ports collection or freshports.</blockquote><div> Really, I am not a troll! Font-alias has disappeared from my ports tree as well.  I have been wildly cvsupping from 
 <a href="http://ftp.uk.freebsd.org">ftp.uk.freebsd.org</a>, <a href="http://ftp.ie.freebsd.org">ftp.ie.freebsd.org</a>, <a href="http://ftp.freebsd.org">ftp.freebsd.org</a>, and I am not sure which one did have it. The origin of this is that I have been running FreeBSD 
 5.5 as my desktop for some time on an i386 with an NVidia GForce card. I deleted everything and installed 6.2.  SInce then, I have been unable to get Xorg running. I persistently get the problem "unable to find default font 'fixed'".
 Wild and ferocious use of Google suggested that this was curable by the use of the font-alias port. I found it after a cvsup from one of the three locations listed above, but it would not install: I got an error message suggesting that the
 file was missing from distinfo, but I guessed that the real problem was the file extension. However, I was not able to get it to build. I have cvsupped frequently in a desperate attempt to get my FreeBSD system working again - I do not enjoy using WIn2K to type this! Also I need to access my e-mail from the server, which I don't know how to do with WIndows. The original problem started several weeks ago. In my desperation, I accidentally wiped a disk with an old /usr/ports filesystem on when I meant to wipe a different disk.
 I now can't find the font-alias port either. However, I swear it did exist, and there are people who say it is the solution to my problem, although its quite likely a red herring. Please can you find a way to contact someone who knows how to get Xorg working with an NVIdia card, and update the docs so wecan fix the underlying problem. I don't want font-alias, I want a working gui on kit that did have one. Please.
 I did also try git at some stage, so that may have been the way that it crept in, but I doubt it. I did not get any ports ot build using git anyway, and wiped it quickly. regards Andrew  </div>
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 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi">http://www.freebsd.org/cgi</a>/query-pr.cgi?pr=112547 </blockquote></div> -- Andrew Grillet Technical Team <a href="mailto:andrew at nav-poi.com">
 andrew at nav-poi.com</a> <a href="http://www.nav-poi.com">www.nav-poi.com</a> The Point Of Interest Company

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