Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 20:53:32 -0500 (EST) From: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) To: jerryk@indy.net (Jerry Kelley) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: setting up X Message-ID: <199502010153.UAA12669@grendel.csc.smith.edu> In-Reply-To: <199501281932.AA17544@IndyNet.indy.net> from "Jerry Kelley" at Jan 28, 95 02:32:08 pm
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Jerry Kelley writes: > I'm a new user to FreeBSD. I have just gotten release 2.0 up and running on > my machine. The hurdle I'm attempting to jump now is getting XFree86 up and > running. The install notes leave a _lot_ to be desired. The documentation project is working on that. However, XFree86 is simply an application thrown in on the CD-ROM (and wcarchive.cdrom.com) and is not directly supported by the FreeBSD project and very little of any XFree86 documentation would be FreeBSD specific anyway. (But still, we *are* working on an X installation tutorial!) The newsgroup comp.windows.x.i386unix would probably provide quicker answers to these questions. > 1. Installing XFree86 > 2. Configuring the server for your hardware > 3. Installing windows managers (i.e., OpenLook, Motif, etc...) > 4. Configuring users for X > 5. Maintenance, application installation, etc... 1 and 2 have some system specific aspects, but mostly hardware specific aspects. For the rest, any general reference books on X, or the comp.windows.x.* newsgroups are the best place to look for help. > By the way, is there a Motif manager for XFree86 and FreeBSD? I've found > the OpenLook manager already. For a fee. Motif is not free software (monetarily or otherwise). -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ================================================ =================================== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush ===
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