any ideas why these xorg hassles???
Michael C. Shultz
ringworm01 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 4 02:38:39 PST 2005
On Friday 04 March 2005 01:52 am, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> 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
I have to add one thing, the meta port if installed for the old X
version needs to be manually removed first.
-Mike
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