From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 9 08:07:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50BA71065676 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:07:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AD508FC1B for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:07:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o1986tT9090354 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:06:57 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk o1986tT9090354 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1265702817; bh=7hPeE24Q4P1/5XXR6jin6iL+Tcu7nv0R/p/Mh7jkJTE=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Content-Type: Date:From:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4B71179F.9070605@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20T ue,=2009=20Feb=202010=2008:06:55=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(Macintosh=3B=20U=3B=20Intel=20Mac= 20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20en-GB=3B=20rv:1.9.1.7)=20Gecko/20100111=20Thu nderbird/3.0.1|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Tiv=20|CC:=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20xorgconfi g=20missing=20FBD_8|References:=20<4B70F3EE.9090201@sbcglobal.net> |In-Reply-To:=20<4B70F3EE.9090201@sbcglobal.net>|X-Enigmail-Versio n:=201.0|Content-Type:=20text/plain=3B=20charset=3DUTF-8|Content-T ransfer-Encoding:=207bit; b=z+BHcD/9T0ai8LHuogD3sJ9FXxPST9w1WjixynTTbOWXMG6OJP1ovMWdjYGvZOY1j 6dCsz/26dv8D2LOg4HIkZ/W+YhrFaYk4azjY95HC/xeJmQB5MHZQjq+X7xzDIu5OP2 4Kv7x7+ueOdlt7jc/j8FYIDQRHQ/TnITD67Ml924= Message-ID: <4B71179F.9070605@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:06:55 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tiv References: <4B70F3EE.9090201@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <4B70F3EE.9090201@sbcglobal.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorgconfig missing FBD_8 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: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:07:02 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/02/2010 05:34, Tiv wrote: > Hi there --- > > I'm writing this to tell you how much FreeBSD has gone downhill since > version 5.3... > > I don't know who's bright idea it was to remove the xorgcfg and the > xorgconfig programs, > but they should be beaten sensless with an IBM AT keyboard. Also if you > REQUIRE that > dbus and hald be enabled for so called auto-configuration, put it in the > dam rc.conf file. > > After an hour of dicking around with the X configuration, and it still > doesn't work.... > I install something else ---- this is 2010 fer cryin' out load... Linux > doesn't have this problem. > > thanks for making freebsd a pain in the ass, > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Xorg isn't FreeBSD. Seeing as Linux runs pretty much exactly the same Xorg code as FreeBSD, then yes, Linux *does* have this problem. In fact the whole hal and dbus concept came from Linux. It's also the case that the Xorg developers recognise they screwed up: we're just waiting to see what they come up with as their next idea. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktxF58ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIw6EACfbH5RyPI9BOAy3p9hX6S/5vb2 lTIAnRhhVHLWP5GI/80qVzU1vKkuJ/1S =BP1w -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----