Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:40:47 -0400 (EDT) From: John Mills <johnmills@speakeasy.net> To: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How can I modify net, X configurations in 4.8-Release? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0308071338320.1775-100000@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <Sea1-DAV50SkcJse1fT0001772d@hotmail.com>
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Kenzo - On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Kenzo wrote: > You don't have to run /stand/sysinstall/. > you can edit the /etc/rc.conf file as follow. > you need to remove or comment out the dhcp part. > #ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" > > then, add your network config > defaultrouter="x.x.x.x" > ifconfig_xl0="inet x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.0.0" > reboot and you should be set. > As far as X, I never install it during the setup. > Why waste time to set it up, when it's most likely out of date. > always update your ports after the setup. > go to the /usr/ports/x11 and pick a window manager. > after installing it, go to the usr's dir and create a .xinitrc file. > add the running command to start x. If it's KDE use "exec startkde" or > "wmaker" for windowmaker. > then you need to run "XFree86 configure". It will probe your hardware and > setup some default settings. > if it works, then you can copy it to your /etc/X11 dir and tweak it as you > want. > Then type startx and it should load. > remember not to run X as root. Thanks - that's exactly what I needed. John Mills john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu
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