From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 16:08:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 988C01065675; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:08:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from megatron.madpilot.net (megatron.madpilot.net [88.149.173.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453098FC12; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:08:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: by megatron.madpilot.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 14160130C73; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 18:08:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 18:08:39 +0200 From: Guido Falsi To: Marian Hettwer Message-ID: <20080904160839.GC35003@megatron.madpilot.net> References: <20080904150736.GA35003@megatron.madpilot.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Dan Allen , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Wesley Shields Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:08:40 -0000 On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 05:35:09PM +0200, Marian Hettwer wrote: > > > Ah, I have to disagree. > The last few times I installed a FreeBSD with xorg, I was really pleased > how good xorg was in guessing my hardware in comparison to the olde days of > XFree86. > It was really, install xorg, run xorg -configure, take the config, install > the nvidia driver from ports and nvidia settings too, then replace "nv" > with "nvidia" in xorg.conf and with some clicks in the nvidia settings I > was up and running dual screen. > I thought to myself afterwards, Wow! that was easy. Used to be harder... This goes beyond the scope of the thread. I know I started this, my point was that trying to guess what people will be expecting or trying to do with such an option is difficult. It may cause more problems that solve them, and that things like FreeSBIE are bbetter tools at the job. No objection to an option like "install xorg/fvwm/FF3", but I think it will make just a few people happier, not really help any newbie, and be of no purpose to people like me. On the other hand such an option will have to be supported if present. > PS.: am I the only one, thinking that this thread should move to -chat? I think this thread has outgrown both the original author's intentions and mine. I just answered by instinct, I disagreed with some points, but as I said here I have no objection to an option in istall, but IMHO supporting it may be harder than what it's worth. -- Guido Falsi