any ideas why these xorg hassles???

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Friday 04 March 2005 01:34 am, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> On Friday 04 March 2005 12:55 am, Gary Kline wrote:
> > 	Guys,
> >
> > 	Here's the story XFree-4 vs xorg.  I have 4 platforms on
> > 	a KVM so every machine uses the same tube.  With XFree,
> > 	my 3 FBSD systems had a flawless 1280x1024 display.  With
> > 	xorg, on my E-machines (ATI-Rage- 4M Video) the screen
> > 	quivers. On my HP Kayak (Matrox II 8M) the display is
> > 	steady but the tube is complaining "INVALID SYNC".  The
> > 	CRT is a high-end Hitachi.  I got the exact specs for both
> > 	the horiz and vert hertz ranges.  Before, I was just
> > 	close.  Now everything is dead-on.
> >
> > 	Another couple things.  With XFree, I set the DefaultDepth'
> > 	to 8; now, on both computers it is maxed out at 16.  If I
> > 	do set the default depth to 8, xdm fails.  (It "tries" to'
> > 	initialize, then something clicks/resets, the screen
> > 	flashes grey for an instant; repeats infinitely.)
> >
> > 	Can anyone clue me in on howto get back to XFree on both
> > 	systems?  I know about make.conf, but what should I
> > 	pkg_delete?
>
> I'm running portmanager on a test system to see if it is able to
> switch between XFree86 and xorg, if it is all you need due is make
> the change in make.conf then run portmanager -u.  I'll know in an
> hour or so the results.
>
> -Mike
>

It works, test passed.  If you change X_WINDOW_SYSTEM= in make.conf
and as soon as portmanager -u finds any one port that depends on
X and needs upgrading it will switch everthing to what ever version you 
have selected with X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=.  This will take a while if you 
have a lot of X related ports installed....

-Mike