Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 00:48:44 -0800 From: Brian Sobolak <sobolak@mindspring.com> To: Sidney Brooks <sidneybrooks@vtc.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org, Sidney@FreeBSD.ORG, Brooks@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Several questions Message-ID: <8151514113.20011123004844@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <B0013283035@mailsite.vtc.net> References: <B0013283035@mailsite.vtc.net>
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hi Thursday, November 22, 2001, 10:29:34 AM, you wrote: SB> I have played with linux fo several years, but just tried Free BSD. Welcome - enjoy the ride. SB> 1.When I installed BSD, I selected KDE, Gnome, and Enlightenment SB> with KDE as my default. It worked well until as root, I tried SB> "startx enlightenment", which got me into enlightenment. Now SB> whenever, I type startx as root, I get enlightenment instead of SB> kde. As a user, I still get KDE. Is there any way to reverse what SB> I have done? I think you want to check your .xinitrc file in each user's home directory. So check /root and /home/yourusername and see what's different. You can change that file to change the default. SB> 2. I have a new computer with an S3G Graphics Inc, Pro Savage SB> video card. When I do XF86Setup, any S3 driver gives me a sceen SB> with elements so big that I can't even accept the result. This SB> leaves me with Generic VGA, which works but does not fit the SB> window on my computer screen very well. I have used xvidtune, but SB> cannot get a combination that really fits. Any suggestions. Ahh, Xwindows. Have you tried checking the vendor sites for the specs on your card and the specs on your monitor to make sure you know what it can handle? It might give you some suggestions about how to tweak the defaults that are suggested. <skipping 3> SB> 4. Since I have a big disk, I tried to load everything, but SB> eventually the installation process froze. I then installed SB> average user with X. Have others had this problem? You might want to check the mailing list archive to see if others have had this problem. If you don't find any information there, you might want to try questions@freebsd.org - that's the general mailing list for technical support. brian ps I think you want to look at your mailer. Do you really have the email addresses sidney@freebsd.org and brooks@freebsd.org? This showed up in the reply-to header. -- Got work? http://www.planetshwoop.com/resume/ This is how I think: http://www.planetshwoop.com/blog/ Brian Sobolak sobolak@mindspring.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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