Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:21:45 -0400 (EDT) From: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@threespace.com> To: Newbies <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Installing X Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980605131147.18705B-100000@shell1.cybercom.net>
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I finally got around to installing FreeBSD 2.2.6 last night. Every time I go through another installation, I like this product more and more. I did run into a problem however. I have a Hercules Stingray 128/3D card, so I was using the unsupported XSuSE X Windows driver for it. Using that driver seemed to break the mouse driver when I started using 2.2.6. As with any really good problem, it worked in 2.2.5. I went to XFree86's web page to see if there was any word on this problem, and to my amazement, I read that the XSuSE_AT3D driver had been incorporated into XFree86's own SVGA driver with the 3.3.2 release! I didn't need the specialized driver; the necessary files were already on the CD! And by the way, I still don't know the difference between xf86config and xf98config, but XF86Setup blows them both away. If you haven't seen it, check it out. After learning that and making the appropriate changes, everything worked fine. (This is the reason why I think it's good to get the latest possible distributions on the CD.) Then I experimented with some window managers that make your screen look like everything from an Amiga to a Windows 95 box to a Motif box. If I have one lingering criticism of FreeBSD's installation, it's the choice to use twm as the default window manager. Ugh! Trust me people, change your xinitrc as soon as you've got the graphics up and running. You won't be disappointed. My next step is to try to get xdm working so I can have a graphical login. Then I may set up a screensaver. My goal is to get enough of a system up so I can start porting some X Windows / Motif code. Wish me luck! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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