From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 25 01:28:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C354F16A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 01:28:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [203.10.76.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AF7843D1D for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 01:28:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (blackwater.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45CA2BD42 for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:28:28 +1000 (EST) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 176D2511FA; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:58:27 +0930 (CST) Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:58:26 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Julien Gabel Message-ID: <20040725012826.GH78419@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <4101D2FD.2090007@yahoo.com> <49755.192.168.0.105.1090691099.squirrel@192.168.0.105> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="d3slIU+tL1lDaIh/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49755.192.168.0.105.1090691099.squirrel@192.168.0.105> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: X.Org conversion X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 01:28:32 -0000 --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/--