xorg/xfree86

[Geoff Glasson]

Hi Dick,

I'm running Xorg on FreeBSD 4.10 and don't seem to be having any operational 
problems doing so.  I compiled Xorg from source.  The conversion from XFree 
to Xorg went smoothly, and in my case I got extra functionality from my 
graphics card that I couldn't get working with XFree so it was a bonus for 
me.

I do have problems when installing software from packages as most of the 
packages seem to have XFree as a requirement, but using pkg_add -f gets 
around that.  The installed packages all work as expected.  You may need to 
run pkgdb -F to fix up any dependency problems if you install from packages, 
but the Xorg and XFree package names are quite similar so it is not a big 
issue.

Regards...Geoff

> Message: 39
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:39:34 +0100
> From: dick hoogendijk <dick at nagual.st>
> Subject: xorg/xfree86
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <20041116213934.62bcaf39.dick at nagual.st>
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>
> I run FreeBSD-4.10 and will remain to do so for some time. Now I read on
> the fbsd site the following text:
>
> /quote/
> As mentioned in a prior section, Xorg is the default implementation of
> the X Window System. The Ports Collection (as well as packages) rely on
> this change to satisfy dependencies. To convert the installed windowing
> system from XFree86 to Xorg, refer to the Installing X11 section in the
> FreeBSD Handbook.
> /endquote/
>
> Does this mean that compiling from source will be difficult on my 4.10
> machine which runs XFree86? I don't want to change to Xorg (yet).
>
> Are there things to do to keep on running 4.10 and ports for a while
> without a hassle?

-- 
Geoff Glasson
g_glasson at wiredcity.com.au