On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:09:44 -0500 Michael Needham <jmikeneed...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings: > > I have been using Linux for over 25 years and have used FreeBSD off > and on in that time. As we speak I am running an Arch based distro > and thinking of switching my daily driver to FBSD. > > My experience with X despite the years using UNIX or UNIX-like > operating systems, configuring X has always failed for me which is a > lack of my understanding I believe. If it is already configured by > my distro (in this case, EndeavourOS) then it works the way it > should. I have been trying to install vanilla Arch Linux and the DE > part never seems to work unless you use KDE or Gnome and those DEs > seem to use another method for configuring the X11 server (may be > ignorant here). > > Anyhow, I would like to learn how to configure X in a step by step > granular level tutorial. I learn best visually, but can follow a > well written guide that would do a lot of hand holding. I think that > this hole in my knowledge being filled is paramount to my ability to > realize my own use cases for Linux or BSD. Mainly, my focus in my > years was on the server environment and recently (last year) it > shifted to a desktop environment focus. > > If someone can help here or point out a good such tutorial, that > would appreciated! I especially want to experience setting X up with > nothing configured. Example, how to what info needs to be gathered > on my system and WHERE that information is put (config files) both on > Arch and BSD. Arch is acknowledged to be pretty good on documentation and a google search for 'arch linux X11 configuration' led me to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/xorg which seems fairly good. A similar search for 'freebsd x11 configuration' led me to https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/ which seems similarly good. I'd suggest starting with those. Cheers, Dave PS I prefer to read rather than watch, so sorry, I didn't look for videos. But you could try restricting the search to video results. > Thank you in advance for help. While not a noob to Linux or UNIX, > very much one on X11. > > Regards, > Michael Needham >