Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:21:42 -0600 From: John <john@starfire.mn.org> To: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 configuration at 5.3 ? Message-ID: <20050117182142.A30351@starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <1106007136.2508.11.camel@chaucer>; from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com on Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 07:12:16PM -0500 References: <41EBC13C.9080300@esiee.fr> <20050117152442.GA40479@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <1106007136.2508.11.camel@chaucer>
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On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 07:12:16PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 10:24, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > On 2005-01-17 14:44, Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> wrote: > > > how is called the X11 configuration tool at 5.3 ? > > > > It is called `xorgcfg'. Try running as root: > > > > # xorgcfg -textmode > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I had a lot of difficulty when I installed 5.3, even though I have been > configuring X since FreeBSD 2.1.5. The tools seem to have taken a step > backwards with xorg. xorgcfg -textmode seems to result in a bad > configuration file, and in graphical mode, it is very obscure, and does > not show scroll bars on list boxes and the like. > > Having to run Knoppix (which gets it right without asking any questions > at all) isn't a very satisfying solution. I agree about the tools, but... I am having VERY good luck with the steps in section 5.4 of the handbook: 1) X -configure 2) Test the config where it stands by starting X directly 3) Add monitor or any other information you need 4) Copy it to a standard location Done! Up and running! (but see the handbook pages) For laptops, I have found it very helpful to glean the flat panel display info from /var/logs/Xorg.0.log where it is put. I have had very BAD luck using the config scripts. They left me with locked up or unreadable systems. -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG
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