From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 9 21:23:15 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 53BE516A4CE for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:23:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dexter.starfire.mn.org (starfire.skypoint.net [66.93.17.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BCAA43D4C for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:23:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@dexter.starfire.mn.org) Received: (from john@localhost) by dexter.starfire.mn.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id j09LNDu37814 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 15:23:13 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from john) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 15:23:13 -0600 From: John To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050109152313.A37770@starfire.mn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Subject: Lost my X11 config - what was the old tool to build it? 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: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 21:23:15 -0000 Before Win98 destroyed my nice FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE installation on my Compaq Armada M700 laptop, I had a really good X configuration which, if I remember correctly, was generated almost entirely automatically somehow. (No, I didn't have a backup of that config file, and I've already kick myself many times.) Anyway, I am trying to get this back up and running with XFree86 4.3.0 and FreeBSD 5.2.1. I sure can't get anything that's useful now from the X86Config script - all it does is ask me questions that I don't really know the answer to - partly because it is a Laptop, and I can't just easily see what the built-in adapter is. Whatever configuration utility that I ran before, I sure can't find it now - it seemed to make VERY good recommendations, and I could sure use some! I've checked the XFree86 web site, and didn't find much useful there. I've done global web searches for XFree86 and this laptop, but they must be for versions that are too old, because they don't work for me, complaining of Drivers that don't exist, and so forth. I'd be tempted to just reload 4.9-RELEASE and re-do it from there, but I'm afraid I may run into a similar problem - where the config file there, even if I get it, won't work with the new stuff. Any pointers will be appreciated. -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG