which xorg file??

[Gary Kline]

On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 09:12:08PM -0700, backyard wrote:
> 
> 
> --- Gary Kline <kline at sage.thought.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 12:18:32PM +1000, Norberto
> > Meijome wrote:
> > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:52:54 -0700
> > > Gary Kline <kline at sage.thought.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 	Which ports file do I build to fill the
> > standard 
> > > > 	/usr/X11R6/bin file?  
> > > 
> > > not sure I follow your question... 
> > > the xorg-server and xorg-clients ports will your
> > basic standard X files and apps
> > > 
> > > xorg.conf doesn't sit in /usr/X11R6/bin, but
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf
> > 
> > 	It is in my /etc/X11 directory.
> > 
> > > 
> > > the configuration apps to generate xorg.conf are 
> > xorgcfg and xorgconfig (one X
> > > based, the other text based)
> > 
> > 
> > 	Yeah, but there is a way using X -conf[ig].  I've
> > forgotten the exact
> > 	details; but I have used both f the above
> > configuration tools
> > 	before.
> 
> 
> I believe its X -configure
> I've been reading through the complete freebsd in my
> "reading room" but admittadly it takes me a couple of
> stabs to get it right on a new system.
> 

	Okay; thanks, I think you're right.  Also that you may 
	need to cd / or cd /etc.  Or else "xorg.conf" will wind up
	<<wherever>>.  (it's been a few years since my last 
	X -configure ... as is evident!)


> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > [betom at ayiin] [Mon Sep 18 12:17:46 2006]
> > > /usr/home/betom
> > > $ locate xorgcfg
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgcfg
> > > /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgcfg.1.gz
> > > 
> > > [betom at ayiin] [Mon Sep 18 12:17:50 2006]
> > > /usr/home/betom
> > > $ locate xorgconfig
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig
> > > /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgconfig.1.gz
> > > 
> > > If that's not what you need...let us know :)
> > 
> > 
> > 	I'm still looking for xdm; possibly startx too. 
> > I'm making the 
> > 	wm switch from ctwm to gone-lite ...  but first,
> > the basics
> > 	have to be there.
> > 
> > 	gary
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> >    Gary Kline     kline at thought.org  
> > www.thought.org     Public service Unix
> > 
> 
> the only way I know to populate /usr/X11R6/bin is by
> cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg && make && make install && make
> clean
> 
> this will install the clients, libraries, documents,
> fonts, and basic X11R6 system. it will also clean up
> after itself. 
> 

	Then I've FINALLY begun installing the right package.
	About an hour ago.  Will see....  

	gary


> Keep in mind NOT ALL X11 apps will be installed in
> that directory. a good number of the clients end up in
> /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin
> 
> depending on if it uses qmake, gmake, make, imake
> different things can happen, and not much can be done
> about it. some of those makes just ignore the PREFIX
> directive.
> 
> -brian

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   Gary Kline     kline at thought.org   www.thought.org     Public service Unix