From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 06:41:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9E931065670 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 06:41:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from masoom.shaikh@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92BC58FC14 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 06:41:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 3so1322003qwe.7 for ; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:41:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ye7LhKsPIt/mkvtyLFCvbtJynPu/QW3oIJGMSISA+tc=; b=wtvvd1lF0CBT+zapfaxVTM1ZO8XhMcV9E4npIarOLCKhkBJeSrwMxL2c6yprvIQ2Gn 80vFailrXOD/4t4DxL+ZWdmOy0aLo4jMhRw5IuoD1lRTlfwPZm0I42UTBcOdZB/rOoCb X4APgSo7i0J19WeVoWb/vobE9gSPUmDn/13Gc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DzIbg2lRpRs+xEg6eLj95KJ1rkZrc6lvNCQA7C4lvKmhUoxudfBJN+om9JYSugQVpV 6VPC+VQ1aVa2dV9c7yVUNgbhOHJ/UlFxC8hCeGxRucLKiW96bR29ClPBvCoddOaUMB+e yEoG5TAhy4VMBlAfX2/neggBBHFrEylwSczYI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.29.19 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:41:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:11:33 +0530 Received: by 10.224.123.103 with SMTP id o39mr1871106qar.296.1270449693848; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:41:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Masoom Shaikh To: Henry Olyer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: under X, frozen keys, no mouse X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:41:34 -0000 On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Henry Olyer wrote: > I installed FBSD 7.3 on an older Compaq box. =A0It has a built-in video c= ard, > this isn't a top of the line superfast machine. > > But it is important for me to press it into service. > > I tried using a couple of Option lines in xorg.conf, but no luck. > > so now my questions... > > Will FBSD 7.3 make use of xf86cfg or some such program. =A0I ask because = the X > --configure command has never worked for me; =A0Not on any of five differ= ent > machines I've put FBSD on. > > I'm not trying to do a sophisticated install either -- and though I've > decided against running OpenBSD, the default install put's up X > perfectly... =A0(Why??) > > wish I knew more... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > add this line to your rc.conf hald_enable=3D"YES" and restart your machine