Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:40:57 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: "Small, but frustrating." <kunze@CS.ColoState.EDU>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree 4.0? Message-ID: <00031321540900.00231@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0003131157220.2033-100000@mcferrin.cs.colostate.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0003131157220.2033-100000@mcferrin.cs.colostate.edu>
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Small, but frustrating. wrote: > is there some information somewhere about upgrading to XFree 4.0? > i don't mind playing with cutting edge stuff, but if there is any > info about common pitfalls, etc that would save me a few brain > cells i would much appreciate it. > > thanks > > [this space irrationally left blank] > > matt kunze I have one word........don't. The setup utilities leave a ton to be desired, it is not yet a GUI. I have a Voodoo3 and even though XFree86 says it supports Voodoo, the card does not come up on the list. I had to run xf86config (the text setup) to set parameters such as monitor, mouse and keyboard. Then I had to run XFree86 -configure. This app detected my card and monitor and installed the proper drivers. I then had to merge the two resultant files (/etc/X11/XF86Config and ~/XF86Config.new) to get a proper config. Also, the mouse doesn't work unless you change the mode to "auto". Everything runs great now, except for my audio apps. I deinstalled/cleaned and re-installed these apps, but they still don't work. Either they don't start, or they lock up. One time my whole system locked tight, had to init! This was after re-installing/upgrading ALL associated dependencies. I am using it at this moment running KDE and all seems well except for audio (Not all audio, the system sounds work ok. Just fails running things like gqmpeg and xmcd). If I go back to XFree86-3.3.6 I'll probably have to do the whole mess over again. Something for the weekend I guess. -- Walter Brameld Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? Walter: Where the hell am I? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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