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From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>
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Subject: Re: moving to XFree86-4
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:46:20 -0500
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Then use xf86config and create a file.  Use the combination of outputs from
these two programs to get all the config options you want.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca>
To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>
Cc: "j mckitrick" <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>; <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: moving to XFree86-4


> Unfortunatly, from what I can tell, -configure just creates a config
> file based on your hw configuration, and does not ask basic stuff as
> "what resolution do you want". :)
>
> I had a big pain configuring my machine to run on 800x600 instead of
> 640x480. I had to dig out my old mode lines from my old config to make
> it work. :(
>
> Ouch.
>
> I really, really, really miss XF86Setup. Really.
>
> A.
>
> Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> > There is a very good one.
> >
> > XFree86 -configure
> >
> > Must be run as root and it will create an XF86Config.new file in the
current
> > directory.  It is an excellent starting script and I haven't seen it
fail
> > yet.
> >
> > Tom Veldhouse
> > veldy@veldy.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "j mckitrick" <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
> > To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
> > Cc: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca>;
> > <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: moving to XFree86-4
> >
> >
> >
> >>| I think it's about time to drop 3.3.6 as the "standard" X server and
> >>| go with 4.1. (I do miss XF86setup, though!)
> >>
> >>If this were done, there would need to be some kind of similar
> >>'hand-holding' utility to help setting up the config files.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>jm
> >>--
> >>"Investigators have discovered the cause of the TWA 800 explosion
> >>was a frayed wire.  The wire became frayed when it was struck
> >>by a missile."
> >>
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>
> --
> Antoine Beaupré
> Jambala TCM team
> Ericsson Canada inc.
> mailto:antoine.beaupre@ericsson.ca
>


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