Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 12:23:31 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Sending Correspondence <netsource_corp@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question on installing X Windows ... ref:FreeBSD Documentation Message-ID: <20010920122331.A54042@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <F1858alRDCnYfZzp7As00001243@hotmail.com>; from netsource_corp@hotmail.com on Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 04:50:04PM -0700 References: <F1858alRDCnYfZzp7As00001243@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 04:50:04PM -0700, Sending Correspondence wrote:
[...]
> Checking the documentation - both FreeBSD and the XFree86.org, the problem
> seems to be that the XFree86 4.x.x. does not support the S3Trio+ chipset of
> my video card - however - the FreeBSD site *only* includes the XFree86 4.x,
> and there is no mention of the XFree86 3.3.6 -
You need to install the ports system, establish a 'Net connection and
then:
# cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86
# make
# make install
# make clean
At this point, you'll have XFree86-3.3.6 installed, and you'll have to
go thru' the yucky task of configuring XFree86
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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