On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 04:43, James wrote: > > > Someone should write it. Indeed I think there are: I personally use > > > debian, but Mandrake, Suse and RedHat users continuously say that their > > > distribution can do everything graphically. > > > > Better yet, XFree shouldn't need configuration at all with modern > > hardware: config is just needed for some old un-probable chips, and some > > settings such as resolution, depth, etc. (which should be settable on > > the fly, BTW) > > Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm new to Unix): > Yeah, but then you'd need all that software support stuff saved on your > computer and included in you Kernel.
No, only in the X server, which loads and unloads modules on the fly as needed. Autoconfiguration is a long term goal of ours. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
