From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 15 18:02:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D8B106566B for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:02:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from user0@tkgeomap.org) Received: from eastrmmtao106.cox.net (eastrmmtao106.cox.net [68.230.240.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ACBA8FC12 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:02:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from user0@tkgeomap.org) Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao106.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20080315180246.YXIQ15722.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:02:46 -0400 Received: from localhost.my.domain ([68.97.41.207]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id 1W2L1Z0044UAjD80000000; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:02:21 -0400 Received: from localhost.my.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2FI3iY7025487 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:03:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from user0@tkgeomap.org) Received: (from tkgeomap@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m2FI3h9g025486 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:03:43 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from user0@tkgeomap.org) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: tkgeomap set sender to user0@tkgeomap.org using -f Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:03:43 -0500 From: Gordon devel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080315180343.GA25380@localhost.ok.cox.net> References: <47dbd0f9.07025a0a.3ace.00b7@mx.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47dbd0f9.07025a0a.3ace.00b7@mx.google.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: A couple of questions about 7.0-RELEASE and X11 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:02:45 -0000 The configure program is now /usr/local/bin/xorgconfig . You might also want to try 'X -configure' , which does some hardware probing and puts a best guess configure file in /root/xorg.conf.new . The X documentation can still be a bit sketchy. Above advice came from books. Cheers, Gordon On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 11:36:36PM +1000, Robert Chalmers wrote: > I have just installed the new 7.0-RELEASE shown on the www.freebsd.org home > page ( still confused as to whether this is CURRENT or STABLE ) and trying > to get X working. > > It doesn't appear to have xorgcfg in it anywhere? Has this handy program > been abandoned? > > I'm running it on an old SAMTRON 5Ei monitor of unknown HorizontalSync and > VerticalSync patterns, and the card type is reported as S3. > > There are a couple of ways to configure the xorg.conf file available - but > none seem to be producing any useable results. > > The handbook is clear and concise - but none of it works. > > > > I did a clean install of 7.0 and put X on at the time. But even the manual > talks about xorgcfg - but its no where to be found? Should it be there? Or > has it been discontinued?