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Re: [PLUG] XFree86 v4 setup
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> > Try /usr/bin/X11/xf86cfg, the new XFree86 graphical configuration utility.
>
> That's there, and it does something. But I'm still missing a way to
> start X (xinit, startx, etc.). And I don't see them in apt-cache
> search or dump. Any thoughts?
Do you have xbase-clients installed?
By the way, the second search engine ("Search the Contents of the Latest
Release") listed at <http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages> is very
useful when you need to find a package that provides a specific file.
> It also didn't try to test my settings, which I found odd. It seemed
> to think I would just rerun the whole thing (or edit the file) if
> something didn't work.
I've had mixed luck with the xf86cfg utility. When you have a video card
with good X support and autodetection it works very, very nicely. But, if
it's an older card, you basically end up editing the config file by hand
until you get something working.
-mct
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