Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:58:26 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Julien Gabel <jpeg@thilelli.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: X.Org conversion Message-ID: <20040725012826.GH78419@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <49755.192.168.0.105.1090691099.squirrel@192.168.0.105> References: <4101D2FD.2090007@yahoo.com> <XFMail.20040724122642.conrads@cox.net> <49755.192.168.0.105.1090691099.squirrel@192.168.0.105>
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--d3slIU+tL1lDaIh/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 24 July 2004 at 19:44:59 +0200, Julien Gabel wrote: >>>> Try moving your current config file out of the way and start X. >>>> You'll be amazed! > >>> Amazed about what? >>> Could you please explain what amazed you so much? > >> Xorg, with no config file, properly detected my video card, mouse and >> monitor, and automatically configured itself to use the highest >> available resolution at the highest possible refresh rate. > > For me too, even with my 1440x900 particular setup (16/9 screen on my > notebook) on which i need previously to run XFree86-4-Server-snap > 4.3.99.15 in order to work properly with the ATI Radeon 9600Pro card. Ditto here with my Dell Inspiron 9100 with 1680x1050 display. Very impressive. > Just a side note: it didn't setup correctly my french keyboard (fr). I even got my keyboard set up correctly (Ctrl and Alt key in the correct places), but that was because I have it in my .xinitrc. Took a while for me to realize why it still worked. Greg -- Note: I discard all HTML mail unseen. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --d3slIU+tL1lDaIh/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBAwy6IubykFB6QiMRArrzAJ9pSuWAyfs6eYRvz7WoeAif+fIbjACgj+Uq nVnWoW6pWlevytPwjoNfEp0= =2qwk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d3slIU+tL1lDaIh/--
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