bin/120963: X11 forwarding cannot work

Kris Kennaway kris at FreeBSD.org
Fri Feb 22 19:10:05 UTC 2008


The following reply was made to PR bin/120963; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org>
To: TATEOKA Takamichi <tate at cs.uec.ac.jp>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/120963: X11 forwarding cannot work
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:04:57 +0100

 TATEOKA Takamichi wrote:
 > From: Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org>
 >> This is not just workaround, this is supposed to be already true.  It is 
 >> part of the x.org 6.x->7.x upgrade, and should happen automatically when 
 >> you upgrade the ports following the documented procedure in UPDATING, or 
 >>   if you do a fresh install on a clean system.
 > 
 >   Yes, I did fresh install 6.3R on a clean system.  If this symbolic
 > link is still required, 6.4R base system (or X11 ports?) should have
 > this symbolic link, I think.
 
 It should happen automatically when the xorg metaport is installed (this 
 is the best way to ensure you have a complete xorg installation).  If 
 you only installed parts of xorg then you will have to add the symlink 
 by hand.
 
 Kris
 


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