From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 6 10:50:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41D1216A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:50:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail4.nshosts.com (mail4.nshosts.com [216.58.174.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756D343FF7 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 10:50:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from me@prestoncrawford.com) Received: from prestoncrawford.com (unverified [216.58.174.139]) by mail4.nshosts.comfor ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:41:00 -0700 Message-ID: <9b954dcdc7ba4dd793aa4e180d311cf5.me@prestoncrawford.com> X-EM-APIVersion: 2, 0, 0, 8 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) From: "Preston Crawford" To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:41:00 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Re: Setting up X on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:50:08 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnson David Sent: 11/6/2003 11:19:02 AM To: me@prestoncrawford=2Ecom;freebsd-newbies@freebsd=2Eorg Subject: Re: Setting up X on FreeBSD? > On Thursday 06 November 2003 09:41 am, me@prestoncrawford=2Ecom wrote: >=20 > > I'm not looking for help, so much as I'm looking for positive > > affirmations that this can be done relatively easily once I get my > > hands on a book or really start digging into the handbook=2E >=20 > I affirm that this can be done relatively easy=2E The trick is knowing=20 > what video hardware you have, and if an older monitor, the refresh=20 > rates=2E Make sure you can start X before you turn on GDM or KDM=2E >=20 > The Handbook talks about this=2E My preferred method is to use xf86config,= =20 > but you need to know about your hardware=2E An alternate method talked=20 > about in the Handbook is to use "XFree86 -configure", but you need to=20 > hand "tune" the configuration afterwards to get what you want=2E Acually, since I currently have SuSE running, I copied SuSE's XF86Config file onto a floppy and used it to get my settings right in FreeBSD=2E Basically pulling out the parts I new would help the FreeBSD X config file be more accurate=2E So I have a good, working config file off which to base my FreeBSD file= =2E When I did this (made my own config file) "startx" fired up without problems, except for a mouse that bounced directly to the upper right corner and stayed there for some reason=2E And then, when I fired up gdm I got an error that said "gdm is already running"=2E Weird=2E When I fired up KDM it came up right=2E But then it got stuck after I logged in= =2E So that's why I asked how easy it was=2E Seemingly I got X configured close, but it's still not working quite right=2E I forgot about XFree86 -configure=2E Maybe I'll try that tonight and once again apply changes from the SuSE file into the FreeBSD file=2E Maybe there's stuff specific to FreeBSD that wasn't covered when I ran configuration via /stand/sysinstall's various X configurators= =2E Preston