Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:33:01 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: leegold <leegold@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fbsd 4.7 - where is XF86Setup ? Message-ID: <20021022093301.GD1196@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20021021214834.8DE45EC17@server2.fastmail.fm> References: <20021021214834.8DE45EC17@server2.fastmail.fm>
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# leegold@fastmail.fm / 2002-10-21 21:48:34 +0000:
> I tried the "-configure X" option as described in the handbook.
> Ok. Then the handbook says go into the config file itself and edit it.
> Ok, I did just that and was confronted code not mentioned in the
> handbook, as a matter of fact the handbook only gives a vague
> incomplete outline on how to edit the config file. Don't beleive me?
>
> It's a blunder for XFree but it's a problem for FreeBsd users. I'm
> wrong? Then were's a page in the handbook that I can copy in for my
> card and my config? There is none? Were's a page in the handbook that
> ACTUALLY reflects what the x config file looks like and what changes
> should be made - fact: there is none. Where's XF86Setup? It's gone.
What is/was XF86Setup? That point'n'click thing with "tabs" I
remember using once during an install of SuSE 6.4 three years ago?
I know I was grateful for that tool because I was so scared of X
I couldn't imagine configuring it any other way. Then again, that
was in XFree86-3 days, and X config was a bit more involved
(modelines and all that jazz). I can assure you that running
xf86config is actually really easy: all you need to know is your VGA
card vendor/model, and if your monitor doesn't speak DDC (plain
English: can't tell the VGA card its capabilities), its frequency
ranges, too. Those can be found in the monitor's manual, but you can
just guess reasonable values if you don't have it.
> I've got to stop whining and move on to another disto and
> leave you guys alone - I'm sorry.
One of those commercial Linux distros might have printed
documentation more extensive than the FreeBSD handbook. But nowadays
SuSE costs almost as much as OEM Windows XP, so why bother at all?
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