Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:49:59 -0400 From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X.org configuration in sysinstall Message-ID: <412CFB77.2030105@mitre.org> In-Reply-To: <20040825155543.GD4378@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20040825150547.GI6962@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <46780.12.148.147.242.1093448890.squirrel@mail.ringofsaturn.com> <20040825155543.GD4378@dan.emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson wrote: >In the last episode (Aug 25), Rusty Nejdl said: > > >>>For now I'm thinking we should just rip out the offer sysinstall makes >>>for doing a graphical configuration and leave it at that for the 5.3 >>>release. The text mode configuration appears to work. >>> >>> >>I think I missed something here. Doesn't xorg have a nifty >>auto-configuration utility that can run without having to do any >>configuration? If so, this is even more reason to not call this out >>during sysinstall. >> >> > >Both XFree86 and X.org have the same autoconfig capabilities afaik. >They always seem to choose the highest resolution supported by the >card, which usually results in teeny tiny text. > > Worse, since it usually chooses the highest resolution possible, it almost always gets something that can only be refreshed at 60Hz. Tiny text + 60Hz == Eyestrain.
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