From owner-freebsd-qa Thu Feb 17 12:51:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8597937B829 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 12:51:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA74191; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:50:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200002172050.PAA74191@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <14508.23537.17216.207130@hip186.ch.intel.com> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:50:10 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: John Reynolds~ Subject: Re: feedback on CD install of 4.0-RC2 Cc: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 17-Feb-00 John Reynolds~ wrote: > > [ On Thursday, February 17, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: ] >> >> That's a well-known fact and something which is decribed in XFree86's >> annoying pop-up window about mouse behavior. You're just not reading >> again, son. :) > > DOH!!!!!!!!! :/ > > I concede, Jordan. You're right. RTFM. > > http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/QuickStart3.html#5 > > However, as I thought about it over lunch, I could still argue the point that > under the custom install, maybe sysinstall should still give you a dialog box > stating that the mouse might not work. I'm coming at this from the point of > view of somebody "new" to Unix and X and wants to try FreeBSD. Maybe they [ snip ] If you are new, you use the Novice install. Custom and expert aren't for new users, and it clearly states that on the main menu. Keep that in mind. >> Ah, it only does it as root. For some reason the skeleton files still >> aren't being utilized properly and this is something I've still to >> investigate. It has, at least, always been this way. :) > > that would be it then ... I didn't fire up X as root, just "me". So, you are > saying that this is on the "todo" list? I know you've said sysinstall "needs > help" in other mail messages, but is there a specific place to go look in the > source? I don't promise miracles, but since I'm the one that brought it up, > I'd at least like to try and help fix it .... or, is this something just > better "suited for Jordan" (since you're "one" with the code)? Did you see my question regarding the order you did things? -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message