Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:15:03 -0500 From: "Mike" <mike@sixpak.net> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, <djohnson@acuson.com>, <Ben_Calvert@amsinc.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2 and X (now moving to the Ports system) Message-ID: <006401c082a8$539898c0$020aa8c0@sixpak.net> References: <001801c0827a$60a63460$020aa8c0@sixpak.net> <008201c0827c$e1ba1c40$847e03cb@apana.org.au>
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Wow! You guys are great! To make a long story short, I finally reinstalled with the full developer's version (source, X, Kernal src, everything) and lo and behold... X works with no probs. Kinda weird, hope somebody from the developers reads this as the X-User install appears to be broken. Now, I've got some linux experience as well (running a Redhat Firewall with web, mail, dns, firewall,etc..) but am looking to replace it with a BSD box. BSD is as close to Unix as I can get without paying exhorbinant (sp?) prices. TRIED solaris for the i386 and I have two words "Forget It!" Funny, I want my X working, but it's usually to have a few terms running, play some tunes, and browse (and research) the web in full color vs using lynx. Yet all my configuration and editing is done strictly with the command prompt. Firewall rules appear completely different than linux. I got alot to learn. Anyway, thanks for some ideas (I had checked those sites out, chock full of info, but either nobody ever does a minimal install or this is a relatively new problem?) Anyway, I prefer XF86Setup over XF86Config any day. Config is a nightmare if you don't understand what's going on. I've got a 10 gig drive dedicated for my BSD server, so space isn't an issue, just having things sitting around that I don't use/understand bugs me. I guess the next step is the CVS Tree? (or something like that) I configured it once, so can do it again, but is it upgrading my 4.2 for me? Giving me updates? or what? Can someone explain this thing a little better to me? Thanks to all again! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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