From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 16 9:13:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ingate.uk.neceur.com (ingate.uk.neceur.com [193.116.254.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5725C15495 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:13:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk) Received: from internal-mail.uk.neceur.com by ingate.uk.neceur.com id RAA22499; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:08:48 +0100 (BST) Received: from exchange.nectech.co.uk by internal-mail.uk.neceur.com id RAA02844; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:10:35 +0100 (BST) from exchange.nectech.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) id RAA02844 (2.4-8.8.8/3.1.31); Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:10:35 +0100 (BST) Received: by exchange.nectech.co.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) id ; Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:10:40 +0100 Message-ID: From: "Bond, Jeffery" To: "'Bart Trzynadlowski'" Cc: "'FreeBSD questions'" Subject: RE: configuring x resolutions Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:10:39 +0100 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Don't really know where you can get more documentation, but try this in your $HOME/.xinitrc file: If you have kde installed and want to run that, then just have a single line 'startkde' in the .xinitrc If you want to use a different wm, (for example, fvwm) and start some default apps, then try something like this in .xinitrc fvwm & netscape & xfm & xterm Notice that the last command isn't backgrounded. When you quit this xterm (or whatever the last app is), then X will quit and return you to the console. Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Bart Trzynadlowski [SMTP:trzy@powernet.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 4:48 PM > To: Bond, Jeffery > Cc: 'FreeBSD questions' > Subject: RE: configuring x resolutions > > I reconfigured the XF86Config file and tried it and it worked great! > Thanks. But is there any place with a good overview of X? I tried > FreeBSD.org and the XFree86 site however it was a bit lacking. The kind of > stuff I'd like to know is how to customize the start procedure so that it > uses a different window manager than TWM as default. The man pages > suggested creating a new .xinitrc or a systemwide xinitrc file and even > gave examples however some of the stuff is a bit unclear. The X directory > tree is a behemoth and I can't let it sit on my hard disk forever without > knowing how to tailor it to my preferences =) > > Thanks! > > Bart Trzynadlowski > > On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Bond, Jeffery wrote: > > > Hi Bart, > > > > Try starting X by using 'startx -- -bpp 16' > > > > That should do the trick. Note the two '-'s before the '-bpp 16' bit, > it's > > important. > > > > Jeff > > > > >Hi, > > > X runs fine but I noticed it was running in the 8-bit modes I set. > > >It wasn't running in the 16-bit modes. It has to be running in 8-bit > color > > >because the gradients in WindowMaker are horrible. > > > I thought that by not specifying any 8-bit resolutions (I am using > > >xf86config) the server would go straight to 16-bit modes since that is > > >next down the line. But when I tried starting up X it said: > > > > > >Config Error: /etc/XF86Config:530 > > > > > > ViewPort 0 0 > > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > >Mode name expected > > >X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > > > > > > > >I think its safe to assume that I did this by removing the 8-bit modes. > > >But how else am I to get X to run in the 3 resolutions I specified for > > >16-bit color mode. I'd rather run in 16-bit than have to deal with 256 > > >colors and ugly gradients. > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >Bart Trzynadlowski > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message