Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:26:26 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Erik Norgaard" <norgaard@locolomo.org>, <admin@classicwebsales.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: I have given in trying to install Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEGIFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <4210624F.9020803@locolomo.org>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Erik Norgaard > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 12:33 AM > To: admin@classicwebsales.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: I have given in trying to install > > > > FreeBSD doesn't enable X by default, you will come to appreciate it. X > does not start Gnome or KDE by default, you will come to > apprecieate it. > The reason is that if something is incorrectly configured you can get > into an endless loop with X restarting, and a reinstall being the only > (almost) option. > Not even that. 3/4 of the hardware I have requires modifications to the X config file, most commonly because the monitor cannot handle the highest resolutions and refresh rates of the video hardware. The config files that are generated by the X configuration tools are almost always wrong, for older hardware and displays. Ted
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