On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 19:21, John wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 07:12:16PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 10:24, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > On 2005-01-17 14:44, Frank Bonnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > how is called the X11 configuration tool at 5.3 ? > > > > > > It is called `xorgcfg'. Try running as root: > > > > > > # xorgcfg -textmode > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > I had a lot of difficulty when I installed 5.3, even though I have been > > configuring X since FreeBSD 2.1.5. The tools seem to have taken a step > > backwards with xorg. xorgcfg -textmode seems to result in a bad > > configuration file, and in graphical mode, it is very obscure, and does > > not show scroll bars on list boxes and the like. > > > > Having to run Knoppix (which gets it right without asking any questions > > at all) isn't a very satisfying solution. > > I agree about the tools, but... > > I am having VERY good luck with the steps in section 5.4 of > the handbook: > 1) X -configure > 2) Test the config where it stands by starting X directly > 3) Add monitor or any other information you need > 4) Copy it to a standard location > Done! Up and running! (but see the handbook pages) > > For laptops, I have found it very helpful to glean the flat panel display > info from /var/logs/Xorg.0.log where it is put. > > I have had very BAD luck using the config scripts. They left me with > locked up or unreadable systems.
Yes, next time I am going to follow the handbook to the letter! And I shall also carefully preserve my old configuration files, just in case. By now, I have installed several Linux distributions, and last night I tried Freesbie 1.1 for the first time. They all seem to get the right answers automatically, which proves it can be done at least for some machines. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
