From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 4 09:12:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA17116 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:12:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts10-line11.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.109]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA17106 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:12:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA00296; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:12:52 -0800 Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:12:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Schellart cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree In-Reply-To: <9601040931.AA26358@brulez.si.hhs.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, Schellart wrote: > Hello, I am trying to start Xfree on my system. Before FreeBSD I used Linux and > with this system I had to get a special X-server for my videocard. The problem > with my card is that it is a Tseng ET4000W32p (PCI) with a chrontel RAMDAC. There is no special accelerated X server for your card, you'll have to continue using the SVGA server. Linux and FreeBSD use the same X distribution, XFree86. Configuration should be identical, on the X side. There is a script called `xf86config' that makes building the XF86Config file a snap. > With Linux you get a Guide. Is there one on your CD, can I order one, is there > one? Or do I have to find everything in the MAN-pages. There might be some info in the Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org), but I'm not sure on that. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major