Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:45:51 -0500 (EST) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@trojanhorse.ml.org>, Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: svgalib? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971029114151.17203B-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <199710290756.XAA00449@rah.star-gate.com>
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Personally, I think it has alot to do with whether or not the user has the full array of documentation for all their video hardware. I found it easy with all the books in front of me, but if you don't know the max refresh on your monitor, or you have an unknown video card in the system, questions about your "dot clock", etc. seem rather daunting. Perhaps pre-made configs for popular cards with "safe" monitor settings would be helpful... Charles On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote: > Well, we need to find out what exactly are they having problems with. > > Also if people are having problems in setting up X the least they can > do is post -- for now here is fine till ee hit a point in which > the XFre86 team needs to get involved. > > Amancio > > > > > > Setting up X using XFree86 is not a big deal and if you can setup Xaccel > > > for sure you can setup XFree86 using XF86Setup --- that is if > > > you can follow some simple minded instructions. > > > > You'd think that, wouldn't you? > > > > Unfortunately, the number of users I've talked to who are still using > > syscons vtys either out of preference or the inability to configure X > > is much higher than I'd have ever expected myself. > > > > Jordan > >
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