From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 23:03:44 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA29598 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 23:03:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA29592 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 23:03:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA29995; Sat, 16 Dec 1995 17:35:39 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199512160705.RAA29995@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Summary: Re: can I run XFree86 on FreeBSD 2.0.5 from a mounted To: smp@csn.net (Steve Passe) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 17:35:39 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org, deborah@microunity.com In-Reply-To: <199512150511.WAA25082@clem.systemsix.com> from "Steve Passe" at Dec 14, 95 10:11:36 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Steve Passe stands accused of saying: > >- - 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. Note that you will also want to symlink /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors and xdm-pid out to a local filesystem as well. In such a setup as you describe, xdm is highly desirable (for one it reduces login time and monitor stress). > Steve Passe | powered by -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[