On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 12:05:25AM -0600, LW Ellis wrote: > Thanx to some great people out there I have FreeBSD running....Yea! > Having some difficulty setting up the XFree86 Server. > I did like it said in the handbook, but when I > ee XF86Config.new, I get a blank file. > If I use the configure tool in the sysinstall, it fails to save the file. > I am logged on as 'root' > > Part 2 > This computer is 3rd handme down... > I found the screen resolution, > Horizontal and vertical KHZ > but nothing on the video adapter chipset or memory. > Where do I go from here. > > Thanx in advance. > > Later, > Leon > A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. > Sir Winston Churchill
For the past year or two I have found it much easier to let X create a base config file and then to manually make small changes to it that are necessary. Assuming you are using X v4.x, you can do this by running the command: # XFree86 -configure This command will cause X to try to identify your video card, monitor and possibly the mouse, and will write out a suitable base configuration file to /root/XF86Config.new. It could easily be that this file as is will work for you. Simply copy or move it over to /etc/X11/XF86Config and then try to launch X. Then tweak the file as necessary. You may have to manually set the resolution to something acceptable. Nathan
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