any ideas why these xorg hassles???

[Michael C. Shultz]

On Friday 04 March 2005 02:38 am, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> 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

The following will be added to portmanager's man page:

Switching from XFree86-4 to xorg

1) change /etc/make.conf from X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4
to X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xorg

2) pkg_delete -f /var/db/pkg/XFree86*

3) run portmanager -u

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