Xorg crashes on compile?

[David Kalliecharan]

Thanks a lot I really appreciate the info you gave, I will try and start
everything when I get home from class. I appreciate All of the time you
spent helping, and I will keep you updated later on today, Thanks

On 2/13/07, Csaba Molnar <molnarcs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2007. February 13. 14.54 dátummal ezt írta:
> > Well I tried a re-install and instead of having the cd install binary X
> and
> > gnome I tried to install X by use of the ports, it hung up on "
> > /usr/ports/graphics/dri" said there was a gmake error? So I am trying
> again
> > with another install...  Do you know where the xorg.conf file is when X
> is
> > installed from the installation cd? because I did not see it in
> "/etc/X11"
> > Either than the ports system appearing to be unstable should I try and
> > update the ports tree? because even portsnap is kind of buggy for me as
> > well.
>
> What release are you using? Did you modify any of the config files
> (/etc/make.conf for instance?). I'm not sure X will generate xorg.conf
> automatically or not - been using the same file since FreeBSD 5.1 :) -
> with
> some modifications.
>
> I would go this route if I were you:
>
> Install FreeBSD 6.2 from CD - just the base system (if you are used to
> waiting
> for compile to finish, and as a gentoo user, I assume you are) - base,
> kernel, docs, man, and ports (when you got to choose the distributions).
> Once
> you are set to go, you may put these in your /etc/make.conf
>
> CPUTYPE=pentiumpro
> CFLAGS= -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing
> COPTFLAGS= -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing
>
> You can have athlon-xp instead of pentiumpro in CPUTYPE if you have a
> sempron - but going higher might break things. Don't worry if you're
> accustomed to "optimizing" the hell out of your system: the good port
> maintainer folks made sure that these values will be overriden in case of
> ports where it matters (for instance, mplayer builds with O3 --ffast-math
> and
> the rest of the stuff).
>
> Then you need to update your ports:
> portsnap fetch (takes a long time at first run, than it will be far
> shorter).
> portsnap extract (this is only needed on first run)
> portsnap update
>
> note that further on, you'll only need portsnap fetch && portsnap update
> (read
> man portsnap to learn how to make a cron job of portsnap fetch).
>
> Install whatever you need to make your system usable: bash, mc, whatever.
> Install port-mgmt/portupgrade (if you don't update your ports tree,
> portupgrade will reside in /usr/ports/sysutils instead, but you should
> update
> your ports tree).
>
> portupgrade will install a variety of commands (pkg_deinstall,
> portinstall,
> portupgrade). Read the handbook how to use them (and man portupgreade).
>
> And finally, use them. If you want everything and the kitchen sync with
> gnome,
> you can use the metaport, or you can install parts of gnome separately.
> They
> will bring in all the dependencies you might need.
>
> Create a locate database by running /etc/perdiodic/weekly/310.locate as
> root.
> Locate sample xorg.conf files (since I have modular Xorg 7.2rc installed,
> I
> don't know where they are on 6.9) - but should be there somewhere.
> Alternatively, you can use xorcfg or xorgconf (one of them is command
> line,
> the other is graphical - if graphical doesn't work, try the command line
> one).
>
> Try to start x as usual (or as you would on gentoo - your old .xinitrc if
> you
> still have it will work).
>
> And most importantly: have fun!
>
> I must say that the problems you describe are highly unusual - when you
> say
> even portsnap has problems, I cannot fathom what it might be. So, don't
> exclude the possibility of faulty hardware (or excessive overclocking if
> you
> do that stuff).
>
> And finally: READ READ READ! FreeBSD has the best documentation of any
> free
> operating system. They spent considerable time and resources (payed
> professional writers) to provide you with that. So read the handbook (it
> will
> be installed on your system) - preferably offline in one go from top to
> bottom, to get an overall grasp of the system (it differs in many ways
> from
> gentoo). Remember, in FreeBSD, almost every config file has its own man
> page,
> and they are very well written compared to gnu manpages. If a config file
> doesn't have a manpage, it might have a well commented example file,
> either
> in some defaults directory (like /etc/defaults) or in /usr/share/examples.
> If
> it has neither, it probably doesn't exist :) To find your way around the
> system lay out, read man hier. man ports will help you with searching the
> ports tree. man portupgrade is mandatory.
>
> You'll have less trouble with ports than with portage, for the grunt of
> the
> work to provide sane defaults for everything is done by the port
> maintainer -
> and as you probably noted, when there are additional options, you'll see
> an
> ncurser-based options screen (these options will be saved, you don't have
> to
> set them at each upgrade).
>
> Note that ports now is currently in flux somewhat, as they recently moved
> everything from /usr/X11R6 to /usr/local, the inclusion and switch to the
> latest xorg release is pending, and there are quite a few changes here and
> there. Still, the instability you reported shouldn't be there - I have 615
> ports installed, and only 3 of them is failing on an upgrade currently.
>
> Good luck!
>
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-- 
Dave