From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 16:29:08 2003 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 5B3BC37B404 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:29:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1475D43FA3 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:29:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rperry4@earthlink.net) Received: from dialup-171.75.72.92.dial1.weehawken.level3.net ([171.75.72.92] helo=earthlink.net) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19Myj2-0002T2-00; Mon, 02 Jun 2003 16:28:25 -0700 Message-ID: <3EDBDDDE.4070201@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 19:29:34 -0400 From: Bob Perry User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030518 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman References: <3EDA72CE.2090609@earthlink.net> <20030602065809.GA23430@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030602065809.GA23430@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Necessary to Reconfigure New XFree86 If No Changes? 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: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 23:29:08 -0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: >On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 05:40:30PM -0400, Bob Perry wrote: > > >>A while ago, I deinstalled XFree86-4.X and installed XFree86 3.X in >>error. Not sure of the version number of the original 4.X package, but >>I'm currently running FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE and I installed XFree86-4.X >>when I installed the operating system. When I discovered the error, I >>deinstalled the 3.X version (before configuring it) and then installed >>the most recent XFree86-4.3.0,1. I ran startx (without configuring >>anything) and everything seemed fine. >> >> > >Yes --- the XF86Config file you have now would have been automatically >generated when you did the original system installation. So long as >you haven't changed your hardware you won't need to regenerate that >file as you update to more recent versions of XFree86-4.x > > You've just answered my prayers. I wanted to believe this but couldn't readily locate anything to confirm. >>Today, I installed a new mouse (two button w/wheel) but the wheel wasn't >>functioning. Someone had earlier requested help with a similar problem >>and they were advised to edit their /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. I don't >>have a XF86Config-4 file, just a XF86Config file. I've made more than >>my share of bone-head moves with FreeBSD and I'm wondering now if should >>have configured XFree86-4.3.0,1. Is there an obvious way to tell? >> >> > >Take a look at the XF86Config(5) man page. There are a large number >of variations on the config file name and a whole list of different >places in the filesystem that X will search for it's configuration >file. In short, it doesn't matter if the file is called XF86Config-4 >or just plain XF86Config -- add the suggested edits to whichever one >of those two you have. > >If X is working at all and you have a screen resolution and colour >depth that suits you, then your XF86Config file needs no alteration. >Take a look at /var/log/XFree.0.log -- it's fairly long, but the >interesting point is the marker at the beginning of each line showing >where each setting comes from. X will try and probe your hardware to >discover as much information about your system as it can, so in a >sense the less you have to explicitly tell it in the XF86Config file >the better. > I just did take the opportunity to review this file but was confused at times. It is obvious, however that X is doing much of the work for you. > Unfortunately one of the things that X can't detect >entirely reliably is the layout of buttons, wheels etc. on the mouse. > I did find a website referenced in this section that explained in great detail how to configure my mouse: > http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse.html Thanks so much for your help. Bob Perry