Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:19:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Joseph Anthony <jga@wastelandranger.org> To: Richard Glidden <rglidden@zaphod.wox.org> Cc: James Satterfield <jsatterfield@intertrust.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: moving to XFree86-4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0108021519170.75728-100000@vault12.wastelandranger.org> In-Reply-To: <20010802160649.H58288-100000@charon.acheron.localnet>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Why don't you just download the binaries from XFree86.org and run the install scripts? On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Richard Glidden wrote: > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:14:07 -0400 (EDT) > From: Richard Glidden <rglidden@zaphod.wox.org> > To: James Satterfield <jsatterfield@intertrust.com> > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: moving to XFree86-4 > > > Come to think of it, I did have xf86cfg dump core on me once, when I > already had XFree86 3.3.6 installed and then installed the XFree86 4.1 > port without removing 3.3.6 first. I haven't tried 4.1 on other machines. > > However, I have run the XFree86 4.0 port's xf86cfg without problems on 3 > other machines which did not have 3.3.6 installed. These were machines > running FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE with nVidia and ATI video cards (GeForce, and > Mach64) > > Perhaps there is some piece of an old configuration sitting around that is > confusing xf86cfg? Or maybe there is something wrong with the 4.1 port > (I haven't tried it enough to be sure) > > - Richard > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, James Satterfield wrote: > > > I've had xf86cfg core on every machine I've tried it on. Perhaps I'm missing > > something? > > > > James. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Glidden [mailto:rglidden@zaphod.wox.org] > > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:10 AM > > To: Antoine Beaupre (LMC) > > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: moving to XFree86-4 > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Antoine Beaupre (LMC) wrote: > > > > > 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 really, really, really miss XF86Setup. Really. > > > > Am I missing something? What was so great about XF86Setup? > > > > I haven't had any problems configuring XFree86 4, using the included > > tools. The "xf86cfg" program included with XFree86 4 seems to do the job > > very well, and even uses the "XFree86 -configure" command as a starting > > point, rather than guessing at 'safe' defaults like XF86Setup did. Plus, > > it has support for new features of XFree86 4. > > > > - Richard > > > > > > 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 > > - -- .-. _-~\ .-. \==/ | Joseph Anthony ( O ) |\ O \ (___) (oo) | http://www.wastelandranger.org `-' /\\_-~ |v| () | jga@wastelandranger.org CAMBOT! GYPSY! TOM SERVO! CROOOOW! | ICQ #3923267 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBO2mn1Fsv4MjRLilNEQJzkwCfUyEK+MJ/lR102Ed2n9/RlAODUHoAoKMw pk+5c0dF3MjzO2mVmvy8OlUK =/2S0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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