xorg 7.2 start problem

[Oliver Fromme]

JoaoBR wrote:
 > Roland Smith wrote:
 > > It didn't. All the drivers were in one huge package, the X server. Now
 > > they are in seperate ports. But the xorg or xorgs-drivers meta-ports
 > > should install all of them.
 > 
 > ok, that is what I ment, the better way would be that portupgrade installs 
 > them all as before (when they were in the package)

That's exactly what happens when you install the xorg meta
port (as explained in the UPDATING instructions).

 > > Tools like portupgrade and portmaster and even the ports system are
 > > great but they have their limitations. I think they are kept relatively
 > > simple for a reason. It's much better to have a simple (maintainable)
 > > tool that does 95% of the jobs well than to build an extremely
 > > complicated ACME contraption that can cover all the corner cases and
 > > oddball situations. It's just not worth the effort.
 > 
 > I agree and totally understandable but when there is a big change involved 
 > then it would be wise to advise more clearly what is happening from within 
 > the upgrade process because almost nobody reads the files

I think that's wrong.  Almost everybody reads UPDATING.
Those who don't start threads on one of the mailing lists.

 > other ports do it for less and a message like local base has changed you need 
 > to edit your xorg.conf or something would do good here

If someone refused to read UPDATING, then why would he
not ignore a message that scrolls through the screen at
some point?

As others have already stated, there are very detailed
instructions in /usr/port/UPDATING.  You should not
blindly update your ports without looking at that file.

Best regards
   Oliver

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