Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 10:58:40 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc> To: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org>, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Configuring XFree 4 (was: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall Makefile dispatch.c dist.c install.c menus.c sysinstall.8) Message-ID: <611307562.1018004320@sauron> In-Reply-To: <20020404115539.GE2303@freebsdmall.com> References: <20020404115539.GE2303@freebsdmall.com>
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--On jeudi 4 avril 2002 03:55 -0800 Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 12:10:30PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> What's the current situation with configuring XFree 4? I still don't >> see any real configuration utilities. Does anybody know of some in >> the offing? > > XFree86 4.2 provides a graphical configuration tool called > 'xf86cfg', donated in part by one of the Linux distributions. It is > similar in concept to XF86Setup, but faster, and less intuitive for > new users. > > xf86cfg uses "XFree86 -configure" to detect the hardware before > entering graphical mode, then allows you to edit the configuration > file that is generated. > > So the three methods for configuring X4.2 are now : > > 1. xf86cfg (GUI) > 2. xf86config (terminal) > 3. XFree86 -configure (no user input) > > David's recent change to sysinstall give you the first two options > from the "configure X" menu. well, I believe that xf86cfg -textmode is quite a good textmode way of configuring X4.2 -- Mathieu Arnold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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