From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Oct 22 2:55:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B364C37B401 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 02:55:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (fastmail.fm [209.61.183.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E85E43E4A for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 02:55:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leegold@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id A14CC6DB78; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 04:55:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from server2.fastmail.fm (server2.internal [10.202.2.133]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id D428C6DABE; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 04:55:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from server2.fastmail.fm (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86E31C22F; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 04:55:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: by server2.fastmail.fm (Postfix, from userid 99) id B6486E956; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 04:55:45 -0500 (CDT) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.6; T1.001; A1.48; B2.12; Q2.03) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:55:45 UT From: "leegold" To: "Randy Pratt" X-Epoch: 1035280546 X-Sasl-enc: 7At7V6W4mPbzPXc32lB6Wg Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fbsd 4.7 - where is XF86Setup ? Message-Id: <20021022095545.B6486E956@server2.fastmail.fm> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ...snip... > > XF86Setup has saved people LOTS of time. > > > > ..... > > > > Have you tried using the xf86config tool as described in the Handbook > Installation section (2.9.11 Configure X Server)? It will generally > produce a useable XF86Config file that can be used without modification. > > The XF86Setup was easy to use, but apparently the XFree86 project has > decided to discontinue its use so we have to use the tools provided. I did # XFree86 -configure # XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new and I do get a crosshatched pattern w/x in the middle. but going in to the config. file to fine tune I see code not described in the handbook and not self documented in the file itself. I therefore don't know what the heck I'm doing in there and i'm not going to change a thing until I do. I don't know where to inspect my monitor's horiz and vert. sync and refresh - make sure it's in the safe range. Or just assume it's ok (though not optimized) and install KDE and forget about it. I mean either I hack the file w/detailed docs and info on what each line does or trust it. I'll trust it. Unfortunately I don't have the EASY to use fine-grained adjustment that XF86Setup and xvidtune GUI's affored me. If my monitor becomes silicon ball lighting I'll report back immediately. ..... -- http://fastmail.fm - More web-sonets than web-mail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message