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From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org>
To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>,
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Subject: Re: Configuring XFree 4 (was: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall Makefile dispatch.c dist.c install.c menus.c sysinstall.8)
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 12:10:30PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> What's the current situation with configuring XFree 4?  I still don't
> see any real configuration utilities.  Does anybody know of some in
> the offing?

  XFree86 4.2 provides a graphical configuration tool called
'xf86cfg', donated in part by one of the Linux distributions.  It is
similar in concept to XF86Setup, but faster, and less intuitive for
new users.

  xf86cfg uses "XFree86 -configure" to detect the hardware before
entering graphical mode, then allows you to edit the configuration
file that is generated.

  So the three methods for configuring X4.2 are now :

  1. xf86cfg (GUI)
  2. xf86config (terminal)
  3. XFree86 -configure (no user input)

  David's recent change to sysinstall give you the first two options
from the "configure X" menu.

	   - Murray

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