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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.ner.bbnplanet.net!public.x.org!kaleb From: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Configuring X on FreeBSD Date: 20 Jan 96 13:07:11 GMT Organization: X Consortium Lines: 23 Message-ID: <kaleb.822143231@exalt> References: <30FE3DDA.96F@res.com> <4dp7dq$4iv@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: exalt.x.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes: >Karl Stenerud <mock@res.com> writes: >> How do I configure X? >By editing the /etc/XF86Config file (or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config). >RTFM in XF86Config, and the man page for your X server. Start with the `SuperProbe` utiity. This will probe your vga adapter for the chipset, RAMDAC, and memory. If you already know the answers you can skip this step. Then run the `xf86config` utility. This will create an XF86Config based on answers you give in menus. Then start the Xserver and fine tune your modelines with the xvidtune client. -- Kaleb KEITHLEY