XFree-4 installation on -STABLE
Maxime Henrion
I just wanted to install the Xfree86-4 port on my -STABLE system but
can i just do make , make install as i'm already running XFree86 3.3.6 ?
IMO, i should delete the old XFree before, but it's not a port. I chose
installing it during the installation of FreeBSD.
So, should i delete XFre86 3.3.6 and if so, how could i do ? I've
not seen any docs on the handbook on that topic.
Thanks for your help !
- Maxime Henrion
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Kris Kennaway
> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to install the Xfree86-4 port on my -STABLE system but
> can i just do make , make install as i'm already running XFree86 3.3.6 ?
> IMO, i should delete the old XFree before, but it's not a port. I chose
> installing it during the installation of FreeBSD.
> So, should i delete XFre86 3.3.6 and if so, how could i do ? I've
> not seen any docs on the handbook on that topic.
pkg_delete(1)
Kris
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Richard Stanaford
I just wanna throw some caution out there. Make sure there is support for your
card before abandoning 3.3.6. I decided to RTFM before grabbing the 4.0
binaries only to find out that most of the legacy stuff.. S3 and so on hasn't
been ported yet. It's a day to day thing, so the update said, but driver
support is still pretty spartan and in favor of the newer 3D cards.
-Richard
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Hi all:
I'm new to this forum and to trying to use -STABLE. I have implemented
XFree86-4.0 on OpenBSD-2.7 Beta successfully. I simply overlaid the
existing 3.3.6 installation with the new tarballs using XFree's installer.
Their config programs fail to work. I have a Linux-Mandrake-7.1 install
using their version of XFree86-4.0. Added some modelines to it (Mandrakes
XF86Config didn't have any), put it into /etc and executed startx. I've
presently lost the config file but will shortly rebuild it. If anyone is
interested, I'll be glad to post it. My video card is an ATI Rage Pro, but
the config file should be adaptable to any of the supported cards.
Richard Stanaford
According to XFree86's webpages.. www.xfree86.org ... 4.0-RELEASE's design is
fundamentally different from 3.3.x. You would probably do well to uninstall
XFree86, saving your configs for reference, and then try 4.0 again.
If I understand what I read last night, 4.0 was not intended to be an upgrade
from 3.3.6.
I think version 4.0.1 is going up on the servers now too, but I didn't see it
on the mirror I was at last night. Check the news page for updates.
-Richard
Jonathan Smith
It "will" work to install "over" an existing copy.... I did that... Just
remember that 4.0 doesn't have all the same pieces as 3.3.x, so you might
have this or that hanging around that doesn't belong (AND WON'T WORK),
j.
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David Uhring
> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to install the Xfree86-4 port on my -STABLE system but
> can i just do make , make install as i'm already running XFree86 3.3.6 ?
> IMO, i should delete the old XFree before, but it's not a port. I chose
> installing it during the installation of FreeBSD.
> So, should i delete XFre86 3.3.6 and if so, how could i do ? I've
> not seen any docs on the handbook on that topic.
>
>
> - Maxime Henrion
>
>
>
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Since there seems to be some interest, I rebooted to Linux and found the config
file that worked with OpenBSD and XFree86-4.0. I'm patiently awaiting the
binaries. When 4.0 was released in binary form, FreeBSD's was the first
posted. Maybe we'll get lucky again. I'll include the file is this post and
attach it so than anyone can save it. It surely will be necessary to edit it;
it was set up for OpenBSD. Good luck with it.
Dave
# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
#NoTrapSignals
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
#DontZap
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
#DontZoom
# This allows the server to start up even if the
# mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psm0"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic|Non-Interlaced SVGA, 1024x768 at 60 Hz, 800x600 at 72 Hz"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 31.5-70
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 55-90
# 800x600 @ 100 Hz, 64.02 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 69.65 800 864 928 1088 600 604 610 640 -HSync -VSync
# 1024x768 @ 76 Hz, 62.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 85 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
# 1152x864 @ 70 Hz, 62.4 kHz hsync
Modeline "1152x864" 92 1152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895
# 1280x1024 @ 61 Hz, 64.2 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Mach64"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "ati"
VideoRam 8192
# Clock lines
# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
# instead of the cursor!
#Option "sw_cursor"
Option "power_saver"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "ATI Mach64"
Monitor "Generic|Non-Interlaced SVGA, 1024x768 at 60 Hz, 800x600 at 72 Hz"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Vivek Khera
>> So, should i delete XFre86 3.3.6 and if so, how could i do ? I've
>> not seen any docs on the handbook on that topic.
KK> pkg_delete(1)
Yes, but when you install FreeBSD 3.x, XFree86 is not installed as a
package on which you can run pkg_delete. At least it was not when I
did my initial install of FreeBSD 3.3.
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Kris Kennaway
> Yes, but when you install FreeBSD 3.x, XFree86 is not installed as a
> package on which you can run pkg_delete. At least it was not when I
> did my initial install of FreeBSD 3.3.
I believe this is now fixed. Otherwise, you'll have to just use your good
friend rm(1)
Kris
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Jose M. Alcaide
>
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Vivek Khera wrote:
>
> > Yes, but when you install FreeBSD 3.x, XFree86 is not installed as a
> > package on which you can run pkg_delete. At least it was not when I
> > did my initial install of FreeBSD 3.3.
>
> I believe this is now fixed. Otherwise, you'll have to just use your good
> friend rm(1)
>
A good starting point is the PLISTs of x11/XFree86 and x11/XFree86-contrib.
Taking a copy of these files to generate a shell script which removes
all XFree86's files and directories is very easy.
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