From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 23:42:08 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4456116A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:42:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from S4.cableone.net (smtp4.cableone.net [24.116.0.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC65343D45 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:42:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from fennec.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.123.89]) by S4.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S4) with ESMTP id 6486837 for multiple; Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:50:53 -0700 Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:40:12 -0600 From: Vulpes Velox To: Duane Winner Message-ID: <20050106154012.1665fc92@fennec.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <41DD5F25.3060101@att.net> References: <41DD5F25.3060101@att.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.13 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 61, in=45, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.119.123.89 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xorg and xfree86 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:42:08 -0000 On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:54:13 -0500 Duane Winner wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering if anybody could provide me with a brief explanation > of why FreeBSD has made Xorg the default X11 implementation over > XFree86. > > It doesn't really matter to me, I've tried it, it seems to work > fine, and almost exactly the same. > > The only problem I've run into so far is is that my old XF86Config > file with the refresh rates for my external monitor connected to my > laptop didn't quite take (kept going to 800x600). After some minor > fiddling, I managed to get it working (I still need to do it again a > few times so I make sure I understand fully what I'm doing). > > I've read a bunch of docs, but can't seem to find an answer on why > FreeBSD has moved to Xorg. Is it just a political/licensing issue? > Like I said, it's not a big deal, but I manage the internal 'Howto' > document for our organization, and since we're in the process of > moving from 5.2.1 to 5.3, it would be nice to have a little mention > of why we're going to Xorg after my entire section for installing X > is going to change from Xfree86 instructions. Xorg beat XFree86 out in regards of features in the newest release.