From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 2 11: 5: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from vault12.wastelandranger.org (cn-237-242.dsl.stwr.brightok.net [205.162.237.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C914937B403 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 11:05:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jga@wastelandranger.org) Received: from localhost (jga@localhost) by vault12.wastelandranger.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f72HsO113741; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:54:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jga@wastelandranger.org) X-Authentication-Warning: vault12.wastelandranger.org: jga owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:54:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Joseph Anthony Reply-To: Joseph Anthony To: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" Cc: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" , j mckitrick , Subject: Re: moving to XFree86-4 In-Reply-To: <3B698F49.7050903@lmc.ericsson.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yeah, but it works great. And it you want to tune your video, use xvidtune to generate your resolution line for XF86Config. On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Antoine Beaupre (LMC) wrote: > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 13:35:05 -0400 > From: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" > To: Thomas T. Veldhouse > Cc: j mckitrick , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > 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 cu= rrent > > directory. It is an excellent starting script and I haven't seen it fa= il > > yet. > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy@veldy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "j mckitrick" > > To: "Kevin Oberman" > > Cc: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" ; > > > > 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." > >> > >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > >> > >> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > -- > Antoine Beaupr=E9 > Jambala TCM team > Ericsson Canada inc. > mailto:antoine.beaupre@ericsson.ca > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > - --=20 .-. _-~\ .-. \=3D=3D/ | Joseph Anthony ( O ) |\ O \ (___) (oo) | http://www.wastelandranger.org `-' /\\_-~ |v| () | jga@wastelandranger.org CAMBOT! GYPSY! TOM SERVO! CROOOOW! | ICQ #3923267 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBO2mFv1sv4MjRLilNEQKkiwCg4IlfT2ddTSsIAZTIhkkbM+1o4NQAn3HP ADK0HMidvXGE7uhjQDyJTPd1 =3DNueO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message