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From: "Keith A. Fredericks" <keith@orbis.net>
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Subject: Re: My X config.
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Try to run the graphical X config from /stand/sysinstall.
Select c. configure, for post-install configuration and then
X, configure XFree86.  Then select the graphical configuration
tool.  If this does not run, run it manually from
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86config and check what the error message is.
If it is a message stating that it needs a tcl library file,
download and install that version of tcl.

This is what I did after I forgot how my display was configured
and I spent hours trying to screw around with the command line
configuration.  The graphical tool automatically setup the
config for the maximum of what the card could do.  In my case
with the Matrox Millenium II, the only manual configuration was
to use -bpp 32 in the startx script so that the server defaults
to the max display depth.

Allen Sitho wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
>         I would like to run my X session in 800x600 at true color and no
> panning (which I dislike).  How do I set or which line in Xconfig file
> that I need so that it will start up and default to that?  Or let me know
> if there is a tutorial somewhere.  Can't find it in the handbook.