Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:56:41 -0400 (EDT) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: generating xorg.conf does not work Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1508280029090.72286@bucksport.safeport.com>
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I am running 10.1 and xorg-7.7_2. When I built and installed all this around the first of this month, the handbook still had generating xorg.conf the "tried and true" way: Xorg -configure. This did not work but letting xorg self configure did (and does) work. I am currently running xfce-4.12_1. The handbook now says, "To generate the configuration file and start the X system, issue this command: startx". A post to forums.freebsd.org on 8/4/15 says, "Auto-generating xorg.conf is not recommended any more." This by wblock@. (that you Warren??) So what gives?? startx at least as run by a non-root user generates no file and starts xorg according the that specified by /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. I have installed several ports that say add this font or make some other change to xorg.conf. And, perhaps have a problem running chrome because I am not able to do that. So my questions are basically: should this be posted to xorg; are there any guidelines on how to build an xorg.conf from the various outputs from the self-generated start; is auto generation the way to go or not; and lastly if auto-generation is the way of the future how do you add fonts and or change the other things one usually does? Thanks for any help, I sure need some :) _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277
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