Re: building X on DragonFly

[David Leimbach <leimy2k@xxxxxxx>]

On Dec 9, 2003, at 1:53 PM, Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :Yeah... I installed from the DragonFly snapshot and then have been
> :CVSuping
> :ever since.  Is there any other step I should take to make sure I do
> :this cleanly?
> :
> :I can't build the kernel today either.
>
>     Ok.  If you are still having problems building X post the exact
>     shell commands you used to build it (e.g. cd /usr/ports/...; 
> make... )
>     and the last 100 lines of output from the failed build.  Post it to
>     the bugs list.

Trying that imake issue you brought up privately...  Then I will see  
what happens.
If I am still having issues I will try the bugs list.

>     I'm pretty sure it is just cockpit trouble but I may be able to 
> recognize
>     exactly which cockpit trouble it is having spent a whole day 
> messging
>     with X a few days ago.

It could indeed be PEBCAM [Problem Exists Between Chair And Monitor].

>     In re: the kernel if you still have problems post your kernel 
> config
>     and failed buildkernel output to bugs@

Cool..  I just synced again I will see what happens.

> :>     It took a lot of work, er, hacking, to get XFree86 to compile.  
> If
> :> after
> :>     all of that there are still problems, post the tail end of the
> :> output to
> :>     the list.
> :>
> :
> :I don't even see the XFree86-Server port... just libs.  I am doing
> :CVSup and
> :cvs update -dP to get that.
> :
> :>     KDE and Gnome are another deal entirely... they would require a
> :> lot more
> :>     work to get working.
> :>
> :
> :Yep.  I don't really have the time or interest to work on GNOME but I
> :will see what
> :I can do for KDE.  Its probably not going to be a one-man job in the
> :long run though.
>
>     Which just reinforces my desire to help you to get XFree working on
>     your box :-)

Heh.  Sorry if I am a bit slow getting up to speed on DragonFly.  I've 
been
having trouble getting any of it working since day one but that was 
mostly
hardware compatibility and a touch of PEBCAM. :)


> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>