From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 9 01:28:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA17122 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 01:28:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from Tandem.com (suntan.tandem.com [192.216.221.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA17109 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 01:28:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from papillon.lemis.com ([168.87.69.104]) by Tandem.com (8.8.8/2.0.1) with ESMTP id BAA07589; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 01:28:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (grog@localhost) by papillon.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) id RAA03610; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 17:26:09 +0800 (CST) Message-ID: <19971209172604.58073@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 17:26:04 +0800 From: Greg Lehey To: Jason Wells Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: options XSERVER missing References: <3.0.3.32.19971209052556.007c8c10@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971209052556.007c8c10@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu>; from Jason Wells on Tue, Dec 09, 1997 at 05:25:56AM +0000 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Dec 09, 1997 at 05:25:56AM +0000, Jason Wells wrote: > I only recently noticed that there is a kernel option for XSERVER. I do not > use this option. I have compiled and now run X3.31 just fine. > > The handbook says I should have it. Complete FreeBSD says I should have it. > I have never used it. > > What am I missing by not having XSERVER as an option? Nothing. The Complete FreeBSD is wrong. If X works on your system without it, you must be using the sc driver (the default). You only need XSERVER if you're using the vt0 driver. I've corrected this for the second edition. Greg