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Date:      Sat, 28 Jan 1995 14:32:08 -0500
From:      jerryk@indy.net (Jerry Kelley)
To:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   setting up X
Message-ID:  <199501281932.AA17544@IndyNet.indy.net>

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I'm a new user to FreeBSD.  I have just gotten release 2.0 up and running on
my machine.  The hurdle I'm attempting to jump now is getting XFree86 up and
running.  The install notes leave a _lot_ to be desired.  I'm requesting
just a basic reference document that explains the steps to getting XFree86
installed then configured for a new FreeBSD user.  Ideally I'd like to see
high-level steps as follows:

        1. Installing XFree86
        2. Configuring the server for your hardware
        3. Installing windows managers (i.e., OpenLook, Motif, etc...)
        4. Configuring users for X
        5. Maintenance, application installation, etc...

By the way, is there a Motif manager for XFree86 and FreeBSD?  I've found
the OpenLook manager already.  

If it helps to explain where I'm coming from, I've been a user and
administrator for a small network of Sparc stations running Solaris 2.3.
That's the paradigm I'm used to.


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Jerry Kelley
jerryk@indy.net

"Life is simply a quest to be somewhere else."




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