On Wednesday 08 October 2003 6:26 pm, HvR wrote: > one thing i dislike about gentoo is that the support for creating a > proper XF86config file is missing. the equivalent tool from redhat is > much smarter. so what i do these days is install redhat have it create > the config file then copy it to a save spot, install gentoo and then put > the redhat configured file back, works like a charm.....but... > > is there a gentoo port of the redhat configurator maybe?
I just boot to a knoppix cd, and copy its XF86Config-4 file. Works fine too. I never was able to do the usual XF86Config file the normal way with Gentoo. I tried time and time again, and it appeared to work, but would never start x. It could never properly detect my hardware, but the Knoppix method works perfectly. Some purists on the Gentoo forum considered this almost "cheating," but I'm of the opinion that if it works, use it, especially if the other methods fail. Robert Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
