Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:56:40 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mail.cz> To: John Mills <john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Two setup-revision questions Message-ID: <20020411075640.GG12083@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204110049490.884-100000@otter.mills-atl.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204102226580.7327-100000@otter.mills-atl.com> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204110049490.884-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>
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> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 00:59:50 -0400 (EDT)
> From: John Mills <jmmills@telocity.com>
> To: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: Two setup-revision questions
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, John Mills wrote:
> > 1) I set up a KDE desktop and it seems to be _much_ too much load for my
> > processor. Where do I choose something simpler for my window manager (like
> > 'fvwm')?
>
> I found my '~/.xinitrc' was "exec startkde" (or close). It now says:
> "exec /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2"
you'll probably want to deinstall KDE. see pkg_deinstall(1). there's
a variety of lightweight (lighter than KDE for sure) window managers
for X. you can read their short descriptions in /usr/ports/x11-wm/
> Much better for my gasping little CPU. Starts quickly and is lively, if
> modest.
>
> > 2) I probably chose a very bad sample rate (0) for my mouse in the graphic
> > X-configuration screen and want to redo that setup. How can I bring it up,
> > either to my X-Window display or to a console, or should I just pick
> > through 'xf86config'?
>
> I ran '/stand/sysinstall' again and I think I came out better, but the
> main problem was a Cyrix 6x86 buried under KDE!
the config file is (by default) /etc/X11/XF86Config. it's just a
text file, and you can edit it with your favorite text editor.
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