The installation of XFree86 4.1.0 is fairly easy. Some may choose to install the XFree86-4 mega-port (in /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4), but this port is soon to be deprecated for the sub packages (XFree86-*-4.1.0). You need to install at least the libraries, clients, and the X server (in 4.1.0, there is just one X server instead of lots of smaller specific ones like in 3.3.6, ie XF86_SVGA). cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-libraries && make install cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients && make install cd /usr/ports/x11-servers/XFree86-4-Server && make install You should also install the various font packages. The default bitmaps are the bare minimum: cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontDefaultBitmaps && make install There are some other XFree86 4.1.0 packages you may wish to install. Check out their respective pkg-comment and pkg-descr files and decide if you wish to use them: x11-fonts/XFree86-4-font100dpi x11-fonts/XFree86-4-font75dpi x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontCyrillic x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontEncodings x11-fonts/XFree86-4-fontScalable x11-servers/XFree86-4-FontServer x11-servers/XFree86-4-NestServer x11-servers/XFree86-4-PrintServer x11-servers/XFree86-4-VirtualFramebufferServer x11/XFree86-4-documents x11/XFree86-4-manuals