From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 11 0:41:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [194.228.200.160]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C97837B404 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 00:41:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g3B7fKp10608; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:41:20 +0200 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.9a) with ESMTP id 2002041109403653:35 ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:40:36 +0200 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3B7ueV85734; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:56:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from neuhauser@mail.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mail.cz using -f Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:56:40 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: John Mills Cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: Two setup-revision questions Message-ID: <20020411075640.GG12083@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: John Mills , FreeBSD-questions References: Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.9a |January 7, 2002) at 04/11/2002 09:40:36 AM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.9a |January 7, 2002) at 04/11/2002 09:40:43 AM, Serialize complete at 04/11/2002 09:40:43 AM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 00:59:50 -0400 (EDT) > From: John Mills > To: FreeBSD-questions > 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. -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 9:52AM up 17 days, 16:38, 21 users, load averages: 0.03, 0.04, 0.00 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message