Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:47:22 +0200 From: "Joel Dahl" <joel@automatvapen.se> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/71946: [PATCH] Reference X.org instead of XFree86 in "FreeBSD on Laptops" article Message-ID: <20040920174718.553F837E48@smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200409201750.i8KHokMQ066752@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 71946
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] Reference X.org instead of XFree86 in "FreeBSD on Laptops" article
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Sep 20 17:50:46 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Joel Dahl
>Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD dude.automatvapen.se 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 #1: Sat Jul 10 16:52:28 CEST 2004 root@dude.automatvapen.se:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WORKSTATION i386
>Description:
The attached patch changes the laptop article to reference X.org
instead of XFree86. The original link to the "Driver status page for
XFree86" gave me a 404, so I removed it since I could not find
anything equivalent for X.org that was static, not version dependent,
feel free to correct me on this.
I also removed all references to XFree86 because I think that the
move from XFree86 to X.org is enough explained in the handbook.
However, if needed, a note about this would be simple to add to
this article.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- xorg.diff begins here ---
--- article.sgml Sun Aug 8 18:28:56 2004
+++ new.article.sgml Mon Sep 20 19:34:23 2004
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
&tm-attrib.freebsd;
&tm-attrib.linux;
&tm-attrib.microsoft;
- &tm-attrib.xfree86;
&tm-attrib.general;
</legalnotice>
</articleinfo>
@@ -50,32 +49,29 @@
the &a.mobile.name; list.</para>
<sect1>
- <title>&xfree86;</title>
+ <title>&xorg;</title>
- <para>Recent versions of <application>&xfree86;</application> work with most display adapters
+ <para>Recent versions of <application>&xorg;</application> work with most display adapters
available on laptops these days. Acceleration may not be
supported, but a generic SVGA configuration should work.</para>
<para>Check your laptop documentation for which card you have,
- and check in the <application>&xfree86;</application> documentation or
- the <ulink
- url="http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status.html">Driver Status for
- &xfree86;</ulink> page
+ and check in the <application>&xorg;</application> documentation
to see whether it is specifically supported. If it is not, use
a generic device (do not go for a name which just looks
- similar). In <application>&xfree86;</application> version 4, you can try your luck
- with the command <userinput>XFree86 -configure</userinput>
+ similar). You can try your luck
+ with the command <userinput>Xorg -configure</userinput>
which auto-detects a lot of configurations.</para>
<para>The problem often is configuring the monitor. Common
- resources for <application>&xfree86;</application> focus on CRT monitors; getting a
+ resources for <application>&xorg;</application> focus on CRT monitors; getting a
suitable modeline for an LCD display may be tricky. You may
be lucky and not need to specify a modeline, or just need to
specify suitable <literal>HorizSync</literal> and <literal>VertRefresh</literal> ranges. If that
does not work, the best option is to check web resources
devoted to configuring X on laptops (these are often
Linux oriented sites but it does not matter because both systems
- use <application>&xfree86;</application>) and copy a modeline posted by someone for similar
+ use <application>&xorg;</application>) and copy a modeline posted by someone for similar
hardware.</para>
<para>Most laptops come with two buttons on their pointing
@@ -88,10 +84,8 @@
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
</programlisting>
- <para>in the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file in the <literal>InputDevice</literal>
- section (for <application>&xfree86;</application> version 4; for version 3, put just the line
- <literal>Emulate3Buttons</literal>, without the quotes, in the
- <literal>Pointer</literal> section.)</para>
+ <para>in the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file in the <literal>InputDevice</literal>
+ section.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1>
@@ -292,7 +286,7 @@
<sect2>
<title>Display Power Management</title>
- <para>The X window system (<application>&xfree86;</application>) also includes display power
+ <para>The X window system (<application>&xorg;</application>) also includes display power
management (look at the &man.xset.1; manual page, and search for
<quote>dpms</quote> there). You may want to investigate this. However, this,
too, works inconsistently on laptops: it
--- xorg.diff ends here ---
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