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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!news.qut.edu.au!news From: williamsr@redash.qut.edu.au Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Xwindows Help!!! Newbie Date: Mon, 3 Jul 95 02:19:41 GMT Organization: Queensland University of Technology Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3t7k4h$ps4@stork.qut.edu.au> References: <3s7h3h$79q@steel.interlog.com>,<Pine.BSF.3.91.950624053226.229D-100000@dipity.do.da> NNTP-Posting-Host: redash.qut.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> I have a few probs with 2.0 Freebsd.I have set up the os and installed all the >> files needed when logging in as su(i assume supervisor) i have no password for >> this only for root , this is one prob. I am looking for the Xwindows >> XF86Config executable to set up Xwindows and can't find it! Can anyone tell me >> where the default localtion is? Also is this XF86Config as easy to set up as >> Linux version, or do i have to edit it? Any help is appreciated!!! >There is no XF86Config executable, only the text file in >/usr//X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.eg which should be edited and placed in >/etc/XF86Config. >Also, the 2.0.5-RELEASE has a new install prog which is supposed to help >configure X. In the 2.0 release: The XF86Config file is to be placed in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11. There is an executable called xf86config, found in /usr/X11R6/bin, which will ask you some questions and automatically generate this config file.