Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 16:33:56 -0700 From: "Joshua Lokken" <jolok@myrealbox.com> To: "Brian Henning" <b1henning@hotmail.com>, "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: xfree Message-ID: <014201c26a6c$2d4a6e20$7404e9c6@inspectorbox> References: <20021001203112.B394A5D09@ptavv.es.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Brian Henning" <b1henning@hotmail.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: Re: xfree > > From: "Brian Henning" <b1henning@hotmail.com> > > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 15:15:51 -0500 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Hello- > > i just installed XFree86-4.2 package and i am have problems finding the file > > XF86Setup script that does the graphic configuration of the mouse keyboard > > video card and monitor. can someone tell me where i can find it? or has the > > script changed to something else? > > thanks for the help, > > You should be installing XFree86-4.2.1. It has several security fixes. > > V4 of XFree86 no longer uses the XF86Setup program to generate the > configuration. The preferred way to generate simple configurations is > run the server with the -configure option. See 'man XFree86' for more > details. Then read 'man XF86Config' for documentation on the > configuration file details. > > The file generated will be /etc/X11/XF86Config and may be edited for > more complex configurations such as multiple screens and non-default > color depths and resolutions. > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 xf86config works really well for me. Joshua To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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