Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:30:42 +0200 (EET) From: Bernie <Bernie_X@myrealbox.com> To: NY-Bro <rarmente@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree 4.x in FreeBSD 4.4 installation Message-ID: <20020112102504.U175-100000@BLAST> In-Reply-To: <20020112071844.60179.qmail@web13603.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, NY-Bro wrote: > As I read on the hand book, the default XFree version > is the 3.3x when one chooses the recomended "novice" > installation. I know I need XFree 4.x in order to > support my mvidia card. Now, if I choose the custom > installation, will it give me the option to choose > XFree 4.x, as supposed to the default 3.x version from > the recomended installation? I want to install xfree > together with the system, I am trying to avoid having > to install XFree 4.x after the system is already > installed. "I hate XFree configurations!!!" I would > appreciate any help on this respect. Thanks a lot... > Roberto Armenteros > i think that X 4.x has some things changed in the place of configuration files, ie, thay moved some config files to different places... imho, the best way is to install the X that comes with freebsd, and then go to XFree86 www page and get a binary of 4.x for freebsd. this is the way i did it and took just a few minutes to install. it sees you old X 3.xxx config files and moves them or creates links to new places. it was surprising painless... --Bernie > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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