From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 18 02:44:20 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2854F16A4CE for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:44:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 96FC443D54 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:44:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.107?) (mjeays2551@24.114.152.139 with plain) by smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Jan 2005 02:44:17 -0000 From: Mike Jeays To: John In-Reply-To: <20050117182142.A30351@starfire.mn.org> References: <41EBC13C.9080300@esiee.fr> <20050117152442.GA40479@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050117182142.A30351@starfire.mn.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1106016256.2508.15.camel@chaucer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:44:16 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 configuration at 5.3 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:44:20 -0000 On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 19:21, John wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 07:12:16PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 10:24, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > On 2005-01-17 14:44, Frank Bonnet wrote: > > > > how is called the X11 configuration tool at 5.3 ? > > > > > > It is called `xorgcfg'. Try running as root: > > > > > > # xorgcfg -textmode > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > I had a lot of difficulty when I installed 5.3, even though I have been > > configuring X since FreeBSD 2.1.5. The tools seem to have taken a step > > backwards with xorg. xorgcfg -textmode seems to result in a bad > > configuration file, and in graphical mode, it is very obscure, and does > > not show scroll bars on list boxes and the like. > > > > Having to run Knoppix (which gets it right without asking any questions > > at all) isn't a very satisfying solution. > > I agree about the tools, but... > > I am having VERY good luck with the steps in section 5.4 of > the handbook: > 1) X -configure > 2) Test the config where it stands by starting X directly > 3) Add monitor or any other information you need > 4) Copy it to a standard location > Done! Up and running! (but see the handbook pages) > > For laptops, I have found it very helpful to glean the flat panel display > info from /var/logs/Xorg.0.log where it is put. > > I have had very BAD luck using the config scripts. They left me with > locked up or unreadable systems. Yes, next time I am going to follow the handbook to the letter! And I shall also carefully preserve my old configuration files, just in case. By now, I have installed several Linux distributions, and last night I tried Freesbie 1.1 for the first time. They all seem to get the right answers automatically, which proves it can be done at least for some machines.