From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 21:12:14 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA23677 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 21:12:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from clem.systemsix.com (clem.systemsix.com [198.99.86.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA23587 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 21:12:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clem.systemsix.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id WAA25082; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 22:11:38 -0700 Message-Id: <199512150511.WAA25082@clem.systemsix.com> X-Authentication-Warning: clem.systemsix.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 From: Steve Passe To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org cc: deborah@microunity.com Subject: Summary: Re: can I run XFree86 on FreeBSD 2.0.5 from a mounted filesystem? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 22:11:36 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hi, >- - make a link on the server from usr/X11R6/bin/X to usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64 > (all of my machines are identical, and have ATI Mach64 graphics) you can use different cards in each machine by having a '.xserverrc' file that looks like: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/ this should be in the home direcrtory of the person starting X11 check the /usr/X11R6/bin/startx script for details. >- - I ran xf86config on the one machine which has XFree86 installed, then > put a copy of the XF86Config file it created into > usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config on the server. > (Again, I can do this since all my machines are identical). you can have machine specific XF86Config files by either placing them in /etc (which is searched for first) or appending the machine's network name to the one in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 (which is searched for 2nd), see the XF86Config man page for details. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSD