Re: X question for upgrade

["Jay Moore" <jaymo@hiwaay.net>]

On 1 Jan 2002,, Alson wrote:

> > I've got graphics adapter in my OBSD 2.7 system that required a lot of
> > time to get working properly. I'm using KDE on this system. I'm
> > finally getting around to upgrading this system, and I'd like to save
> > that config data so I won't have to go through that trial-and-error
> > process again.
> 
> /etc/XF86Config for the X configuration, KDE configuration will probably
> be in ~/.kde*. If you backup your home dir, /etc, and a list of
> installed packages (ls /var/db/pkg),
> /usr/src/sys/arch/`machine`/conf/YOURKERNEL if you build a custom
> kernel, and possibly some software you installed yourself (not
> base/ports/packages), you'll probably have enough info to rebuild the
> system without too much hassle.

Ah - I must be going blind... I was ls -l'ing in /etc, looking for a 
file that began with a lower-case x... the upper-case X files were on 
the first page!

> You shouldn't just copy it all though, the version of packages will be
> different, your kernel config will have to be updated, and lot's of
> files in /etc are updated. It might be useful to have these files
> though, so you can compare your configuration with your old setup, in
> case of any problems.

Yeah - I have already made a backup of /etc, /home & the httpd config 
files. I've decided to do a fresh install instead of an upgrade. I 
wanted to have a backup to help me remember all of the X config. stuff 
that I've forgotten over the last year or so.

Thanks Again,
Jay Moore