Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:46:20 -0500 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> To: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca> Cc: "j mckitrick" <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: moving to XFree86-4 Message-ID: <015f01c11b7b$0b2cd760$3028680a@tgt.com> References: <3B695AEE.7010904@lmc.ericsson.se> <200108021639.f72Gdmm04076@ptavv.es.net> <20010802180220.A12676@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <014601c11b77$677789b0$3028680a@tgt.com> <3B698F49.7050903@lmc.ericsson.se>
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Then use xf86config and create a file. Use the combination of outputs from these two programs to get all the config options you want. Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca> To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> Cc: "j mckitrick" <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>; <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:35 PM 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 current > > directory. It is an excellent starting script and I haven't seen it fail > > yet. > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy@veldy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "j mckitrick" <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> > > To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> > > Cc: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca>; > > <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> > > 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 Beaupré > 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
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