From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 20 03:57:48 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3A0F16A46C for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:57:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5327913C447 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:57:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l5K3vlHm044414; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:57:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l5K3vjvl044413; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:57:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:57:45 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20070620035741.GC43731@thought.org> References: <20070619065038.GA34628@thought.org> <20070619231743.6742ee69@localhost> <20070619164423.GA38937@thought.org> <20070620120156.12961c69@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070620120156.12961c69@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: x11/xorg update. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:57:48 -0000 On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 12:01:56PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:44:23 -0700 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > Ah, this is the new scriptthat creates xorg.conf, correct? > > Hi Gary, > > man script > (not related with X) Right; did use it last time. But them I fergot i was in script; finaaly I ^D out of it, then I forgot what I'd named it... . > > AFAIK, xorgcfg has been around since Xorg has existed. and before that, xfree86cfg (which has existed since 1995 at least). btw, if you replace 'cfg' with 'conf' you get a text-based version of the same tool, in case the autodetect doesnt work. > > > A bit easier than typing X -configure and messing with the > > /root files. What I don't understand is all the output about > > missing modules to stderr. ...but .... ... . > > It would do it if you start X by hand (as opposed to start it via /etc/ttys with XDM or via gdm/kdm)...it would put all the info in /var/log/Xorg.0.log too. > Ok, that's why nothing was in X.org.0.log, then last night. I kept trying the X disp manager or kdm, or gdm. I remrmber configuring X back in v2.0.5 ith xfree86conf. and *cfg when it'd work. Yet another hassle last night was settingthe hardware of this Hitachi. 8 or 10 buttons and two hours of mucking-with, i'm pretty close. There used to be an GUI program to fine tune your CRT. Sometime RSN I'm going to buy an LCD display and lighten my carbon footprint by 50 tons/year! (*mumble*) > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... > It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." > Albert Einstein > > I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix