Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:15:25 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bryan Parkoff <blp-lds@texas.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD v2.2.5 Questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210191413.29893N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34DFAC45.A9F2AED0@texas.net>
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On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Bryan Parkoff wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to FreeBSD v2.2.5. I have a complete FreeBSD book. It has > general topics that I cannot follow. It does not have step on step > installation and X-Windows setup. > > When I try to configure X-Windows, I set S3 video card, and I set > 640x480 resolution. It runs on X-Server. The screen is scrambled that > I cannot read. Do you have instruction how to configure X-Windows? Try running `xf86config' and pick out your card from the card database. I've always used that and had excellent results. > I see that there are not many people who post newsgroups. I will > like to have feedback on newsgroups when I have problems. I have a lot > of questions to ask. I think the group is comp.os.unix.freebsd or comp.os.freebsd. I don't read newsgroups so I have no idea. > Do you know which newsgroups are better that I can use? Do you have > tutorial book that has step on step? The Complete FreeBSD is as close as it gets to true FreeBSD stuff, unfortunately. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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