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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!nntp.uio.no!news.radio.cz!CESspool!hammer.uoregon.edu!news1.mpcs.com!hgoldste From: hgoldste@mpcs.com (Howard Goldstein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Getting XFree86 for 2.2.1 Date: 30 Mar 1997 00:43:16 GMT Organization: disorganization Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5jrdp4.o7d.hgoldste@bbs.mpcs.com> References: <5heafj$en4$1@xmission.xmission.com> <333B4527.446B9B3D@FreeBSD.org> Reply-To: hgoldste@bbs.mpcs.com NNTP-Posting-Host: bbs.mpcs.com X-Sig-Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 00:43:12 X-Info: See ftp://ftp.mpcs.com/pub/newsadmin/cleansign/README X-PGP-Sig: 2.6.2 Newsgroups,Subject,From,X-Sig-Date iQCVAwUBMz23IhKBpxazwK81AQHR2gP6AwUeMVMxYA/Tyjb0keMjmmO6pcZ4RQcf JpQIorL5htYseUa3oPjVKGzPR478yk1ryJsDCGSVWoP0/WB/QIlsXSt5HqVo6hw1 JgkGNIJfyQbe1ZngvTCTWe9mQdRyNKOckJ37QwApxIuVz6eNYPmkxACQCA43du2M nctN0sGib4c= =PeK6 X-No-Archive: yes X-Disclaimer: views herein may or may not express the views of MPCS X-Season-Prepare-URL: http://www.inil.com/users/adams/winfaq.htm X-Season: Winter storm warning is in effect X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.4.hg (BETA/no extra line/trunc MID) UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38013 On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 20:12:23 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote: : klaus wrote: : > : > I did a clean install of 2.2.1 last night and am now trying to get : > XFree86 using the get packages option in sysinstall. It comes up in : : Don't get XFree86 as a package, get it as a Distribution (see the : relevant item in the configuration menu). Be sure to select *Custom* : when you go through the distributions screen again. Does this pull down source or (pant pant) appropriate binaries for those of us handicapped by lack of >=ISDN? From the mailing list I have a pointer to the xfree86 site, and found numerous binaries of the 3.1, 3.1G, and 3.2 vintage, but not sure which ones will fly on 2.2.1....