From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 05:05:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 813DF16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:05:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (mproxy.gmail.com [216.239.56.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5988D43D5A for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:05:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pixiedave@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id q44so104371cwc for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:05:06 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=Ek+CiYgCNil2HYGchsSOYeju7Dc7lWic/AclmgCa7raQdS3v6/iD/BC8y8xd/GEu1st7hCPyooG0eUQ2LD9wjHhFyqxbkfH2hSYDZSHQc8O5QOULsEYVXapaMxorqZ72uJ/2OZpsp8SISfJGcsvZNnKOOMILz+67udZpFEHkHbA= Received: by 10.11.116.31 with SMTP id o31mr206583cwc; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:05:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.11.118.37 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:05:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <12698041109210541af959f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:05:06 -0500 From: pixiedave To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <42145F44-32D4-11D9-92D1-000D93341F5C@pole.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <41918741.5030400@wideopenwest.com> <1100058167.730.5.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> <42145F44-32D4-11D9-92D1-000D93341F5C@pole.net.nz> Subject: Re: release 5.3 'Configure' missing 'XFree86' option X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: pixiedave List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:05:06 -0000 On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:52:00 +1300, James Pole wrote: > On 10/11/2004, at 4:42 PM, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > It seems to have Xorg as a replacment. I am having all sorts of > > trouble > > configuring X for one machine - it seems to be a new learning > > experience > > altogether. Guess I am a bit frustrated this evening... > > Configuring Xorg is quite simple. > > As root run the following commands > Xorg -configure > [...wait until it creates an custom configuration in your home dir > based on your hardware, the screen may go blank during this stage...] > mv ~user/Xorg.conf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Xorg.conf > > Are you planning to run a login manager (e.g. gdm, kdm, xdm)? This > greatly simplifies the set-up process of Xorg (and XFree86 too) as Xorg > would not need to run as an user to use a login manager. I find that > running Xorg/XFree86 as root with a login manager is usually the > easiest way to set up an X server on FreeBSD. > > Regards, > James > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > xorg runs right out of the box, just do a startx. I too was confused without the x server config in sysinstall. Before I started looking for a clue, I just typed startx and voila twm starts. I have installed 5.3's on several machines some very old, and a full instalation results in a running x with startx. Beets the hell out of the old sysinstall setup. -- "You Never Blow Your Trip Forever" Daevid Allen