From owner-freebsd-current Thu Sep 7 4: 9:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from relay2.inwind.it (relay2.inwind.it [212.141.53.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABC837B422 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2000 04:09:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (212.141.79.254) by relay2.inwind.it (5.1.046) id 39AF9CE300064821; Thu, 7 Sep 2000 13:09:43 +0200 From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 12:09:50 GMT Message-ID: <20000907.12095000@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: XFree86 To: Piotr =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Wo=9Fniak?= Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <39B76512.CCC0DFFA@cs.put.poznan.pl> References: <39B76512.CCC0DFFA@cs.put.poznan.pl> X-Mailer: SuperCalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 9/7/00, 10:51:14 AM, Piotr Wo=9Fniak = =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: [...] 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 [...] =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