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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Erik Norgaard
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 12:33 AM
> To: admin@classicwebsales.com
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: I have given in trying to install
>
>
>
> FreeBSD doesn't enable X by default, you will come to appreciate it. X
> does not start Gnome or KDE by default, you will come to
> apprecieate it.
> The reason is that if something is incorrectly configured you can get
> into an endless loop with X restarting, and a reinstall being the only
> (almost) option.
>

Not even that.  3/4 of the hardware I have requires modifications to
the X config file, most commonly because the monitor cannot handle
the highest resolutions and refresh rates of the video hardware.

The config files that are generated by the X configuration tools
are almost always wrong, for older hardware and displays.

Ted