Really need some help with KDE & X11 Upgrade

[Paul]

Am Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:38:42 +0100
schrieb Jamie Griffin <griffin8j at gmail.com>:

> I am using KDE 4.10. I would like to use KDE 4.12. My OS version is
> FreeBSD 10-Stable. 
> 
> Can I use KDE 4.12 with the xorg server version 1.7.7_11,1?
> 
> If I need to use xorg server 1.12, will I need to build it using
> WITH_NEW_XORG and WITH_GALLIUM in /etc/make.conf; or, should/could I
> build xorg server 1.12 without these options? (Video card information
> from pciconf included at the end of this message.)
> 
> I wondered if I should upgrade the xorg server first and try it with
> my current version of KDE (4.10) first of all, to see if my hardware
> functions with the newer xserver. 
> 
> Finally, is it now possible to carry out these upgrades using pkg? I
> read about the 'WITH_NEW_XORG' repository at 
> http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/new_xorg/. Or is it
> recommended to use poudriere, for example, to build it all locally
> and then upgrade?
> 
> I really would appreciate some guidance with these questions if
> possible. I've already made one attempt to upgrade this software but
> I couldn't start the xserver and/or KDE because it crased X11. It
> took days to restore everything back to the older versions which do
> work nicely.
> 
> Many thanks for your time, Jamie.
> hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0:      class=0x060000 card=0x304817aa
> chip=0x2e108086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = HOST-PCI
>     cap 09[e0] = vendor (length 12) Intel cap 6 version 1
>     PCI errors = Received Master-Abort
> vgapci0 at pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x304817aa
> chip=0x2e128086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller'
>     class      = display
>     subclass   = VGA
>     bar   [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfc000000, size
> 4194304, enabled bar   [18] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64,
> base 0xe0000000, size 268435456, enabled
>     bar   [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0x1c70, size 8, enabled
>     cap 05[90] = MSI supports 1 message enabled with 1 message
>     cap 01[d0] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
> vgapci1 at pci0:0:2:1:     class=0x038000 card=0x304817aa
> chip=0x2e138086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller'
>     class      = display
>     bar   [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfc400000, size
> 1048576, enabled cap 01[d0] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
> 
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Hello Jamie,

try pkg upgrade and if any upgrade is needed, it is shown. It must be a
normal version-upgrade, I don't see any kde4.12 package, only kde4, so
pkg will do anything for you.

Greetings Paul