Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 22:11:03 -0700 From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: JAK006@home.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xfree86 4.2 problems Message-ID: <F101J69ik6kvXsn2Yf000001024@hotmail.com>
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I am by no means at all an expert with Xfree, but I know that under Linux it does (or at least used to) really really want GPM to be installed. FreeBSD seems to use something entirely different that may or may not be compatible with Xfree. I do not know if GPM is in the ports collection (I like the FreeBSD mouse subsystem much better), but you may possibly try installing that. Xfree supposedly has its own mouse code in case GPM isn't there, but I have heard that it is terrible. Take everything above with a grain of salt because I haven't used a GUI in unix for years, so really have no idea what I am talking about. >From: "Jeff Kornuta" <JAK006@home.com> >To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Subject: xfree86 4.2 problems >Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 19:29:24 -0700 > >I just installed FreeBSD 4.2, and tried to install XFree86 4.02 from the >ports. It got the sources and the dependencies, but when it tried to >compile, it came up with many make errors about "PEX". So, I went to >XFree86.org and got the 4.02 binaries. I installed them and I **think** it >installed OK. I did xf86config, but I have a few ques. I have been using >Slackware Linux for months, so UNIX is not new to me. I don't know what to >put for my ps/2 MS Intellimouse. In the Fbsd install, I chose a generic >PS/2 mouse(at /dev/psm0). I don't know what mouse protocal and driver to >put in my XF86Config. Everytime I startx, it comes up with errors about how >it failed to load my core pointer. Is there something I'm doing wrong, or >am I just another FreeBSD newbie? :) ANY help would be greatly appreciated. > -Jeff _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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