Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 12:09:50 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Piotr =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Wo=9Fniak?= <piotr.wozniak@cs.put.poznan.pl> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 Message-ID: <20000907.12095000@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <39B76512.CCC0DFFA@cs.put.poznan.pl> References: <39B76512.CCC0DFFA@cs.put.poznan.pl>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/7/00, 10:51:14 AM, Piotr Wo=9Fniak <piotr.wozniak@cs.put.poznan.pl>= =20 wrote regarding XFree86: > Hi, > I have installed XFree86 and there is no XF86Setup. Have you any idea = - > why? > I want to increase depth of color and modifing /etc/XF86Config has no > result. > How can I do it? > Piotr Wozniak Dear Piotr Wozniak, When I installed XFree86 3.3.6 (via the ports mechanism), I had the=20 opportunity of installing the VGA server(s). More precisely: <installation.log> [...] Which servers do you wish to build, you can save a lot of disk space by only compiling the server you will be using. It will also save you considerable compile time. *** If you want to use XF86Setup to set the INITIAL configuration, *** then you must build the VGA server Do you want to build the VGA16 server? [YES] Y Do you want to build the VGA16Dual server? [YES] Y [...] </installation.log> =20 As to modeline "hacking", you may wish to have a look at=20 http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO.html,=20 and/or at Greg's excellent book (The Complete FreeBSD). =20 HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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