Enjoy WITH_NEW_XORG repository packages

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I can't help to thank every contributors on new xorg stack and official pkgng package infrastructure works.

After installing fresh FreeBSD 10-STABLE snapshot (r268572), I installed kms enabled new xorg as well as XFCE 4.10 from official WITH_NEW_XORG repository. Just 20 minutes later, my acer notebook with ATI chipset run compositing enabled XFCE 4.10 desktop flawlessly. I don't need to compile them from ports anymore.
 
I just did a quick try with FreeBSD-10.0-STABLE-amd64-20140810-r269789-bootonly.iso. I found that even if I added
Code: 
WITH_NEW_XORG=yes
to /etc/make.conf it is still pullling in the older x11-servers/xorg-server, that is, version 1.7.7 rather than the 1.12.4 that I get with ports.
Did I overlook something? My steps were to make a quick install of the latest snapshot from the boot iso, then create an /etc/make.conf with the line
Code: 
WITH_NEW_XORG=yes
.
Then I ran
pkg install xorg-server
but it pulled in 1.7.7.

From the two other posts, I'm under the impression that I should get the newer x11-servers/xorg-server even when using packages.
 
Pkg doesn't respect /etc/make.conf settings, this is by design it's not a ports management tool. What you need to do is to follow the instructions on how to install packages from the alternate repository instead of from the official one.
 
i have taken the -STABLE branch yesterday, ran make world and installed the kernel, but still have problems with KMS. I still get
Code: 
no kernel modesetting error...
with the latest release of x11/xorg. What do I need to get KMS working?
 
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