FreeBSD Port: xf86-video-ati-6.13.0 update to 6.13.2?

[Kris Moore]

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On 09/28/2010 19:35, Warren Block wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Lokadamus <lokadamus at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>> Xorg has released xf86-video-ati-6.13.2.
>>> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/
>>>
>>> With 6.13.0 my ati 4770 isn't working correct.
>>> I get graphical error in taskbar and menu from kde4 and fluxbox.
>>> I tested it with FreeBSD 8.1 and PC-BSD 8.1.
>>>
>>
>> I would like to test this in PC-BSD 8.1 on a ATI raedon 3200 mobile card.
>> right now 3d acceleration in KDE4 is disabled.. my hope is that this
>> new driver will enable 3D.
>>
>> how would I test this in PC-BSD?
> 
> If PC-BSD doesn't have some special procedure for installing normal
> FreeBSD ports, and you're comfortable with modifying ports, copy the
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati port to a new directory, modify the Makefile
> to show PORTVERSION= 6.13.2, run make makesum to update the checksums,
> deinstall the old port and install the new one.  This assumes there are
> lots of other things, including that there are no changes in pkg-plist.
> 
> I've been running 6.13.2 since the announcement, no problems so far.
> 
> 
>

Yea, it should be the same to do on PC-BSD as on FreeBSD, just build the
port, and upgrade the installed version.

Might be a good idea to make a backup of the original package just to be
safe.


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Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software
iXsystems
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