--- Matt Juszczak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > About 6 months ago, I was having trouble generating > my X config file (so > that it would run in 800x600, etc. etc.). The > command line config would > work but I would never know my video card, etc. > Then someone told me a > utility to use that actually automatically detected > my video card and > generated the config for me. I don't believe I even > had to install > anything extra.... Configurator? or something like > that. Any ideas? > > Thanks! > > -matt > > --------------------------- > Matthew Juszczak > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 888-588-0556 x. 84 > --------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Here is a quick and dirty way of getting your card detected and getting x up fast. The command below will build a skeleton file. XFree86 -configure Step 2: copy the file to /etc/X11 and remove the .new extension. cp XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config Then either go into /stand/sysinstall and do a post configuration setup. Select X server and use ncurses based interface to edit your monitor and keyboard settings. Double check all the settings to make sure they are correct. Instead of going into /stand/sysinstall you could actually use: xf86cfg --textmode which is the same ncurses based installer. The advantage for myself is that almost all possible tweaks and settings are set inside the file for tuning at a later date. You can go and use the same ncurses installer via /stand/sysinstall but it wont add all the settings. Just my 2 cents worth, hope it helps. Pete ===== ESCape with VI. Cheese A La mode. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
