On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:07:56 -0600 Peter Schultz <pmes_at_bis.midco.net> wrote: > >> Can you do a completely clean install of FreeBSD? I can't help but > > > > > > No, sorry, I can't do that. This would be against my philosophy... > > Please suggest this to Windows users, but not to people with an OS which > > allows to find the reason of a problem (see below). > > > > Then don't whine like a windows user! ;-) Touché... :-) > >>think you guys suffering from software degradation. I was having a > >>terrible time with my system after the expat debacle, but have had > >>complete stability since starting fresh. > > > > > > find /usr/local /usr/X11R6 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 pkg_which -v | fgrep '?' | cut -f 1 -d : > > showed me some files which may be the cause of this (don't delete > > everything without a review, you would delete your configs in > > /usr/local/etc and /usr/X11R6/etc then). > > > > It seems I had an old version of the freetype2 includes lying around in: > > /usr/X11R6/include/freetype2/freetype/ > > > > I removed the supoerflous files (after reviewing the file list and > > without losing my etc/ directories) and I'm rebuilding now... > > > > I'm just curious how this worked out for you. It works now. I have some problem with some fonts, but I've build freetpye2 without the TT byte code interpreter, so I'm not allowed to whine about the ugly appearance... Bye, Alexander. -- I will be available to get hired in April 2004. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander _at_ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7Received on Fri Mar 26 2004 - 05:40:20 UTC
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