Jeff Abrahamson on Fri, 7 Sep 2001 03:00:18 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] XFree86 v4 setup


On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 06:27:09PM -0400, Michael C. Toren wrote:
> > Also not present is anything that looks like an X configurator
> > (Xconfigurator, XF86Setup, etc.).
> 
> 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?


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 can't say that xf86cfg-v3 (what I have) is an improvement over
XF86Setup. I felt more comfortable and could move faster through it's
semi-gui lists and drawings. Oh, well. I wonder why XF86 folks moved
from crude graphics to text only.

-- 
 Jeff

 Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>



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