On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Peter Kozberski wrote: > In the time I've been on I've noticed that most posts are related to that > initial config step. I spent about 4 hours on the process. I'll get back to > completing it today or tomorrow, TIME permitting. > > -- Peter Kozberski Same here, the config was what got me. After all was said and done, I never did get my distro's version of X running. Only once I DL the new version off of the XFree86 site did I get it config'ed right, and then to be honest, I can't remember exactly how I did it! Someone should write a nice shell script that sets things up for you- one that can take into account what kind of system, kind of monitor, etc, or at least prompt the user for that information. Sometimes while I was configuring mine I didn't even know what I needed to know, much less know it. One thing I've noticed too, is that what one person does to get X working isn't nessesarily going to be the same for the next person. Some of the discriptions I read here are nothing like what I went thru, yet my copy works fine, and gets used almost each day. If I remember correctly, one of the methods to setup declared my config file as invalid, kept qouting what was wrong with it, yet when I changed it, something else would be qouted. In the end, I used a different setup method and the file was fine. I think some well-written docs and maybe even a few scripts are in order. The new install script (I forget the exact name, maybe 'Xinstall.sh'?) off the website was what helped me the most. Scripts are a welcome treat, especially if one is new to X, or even new to their OS (or both!), allowing something as complex as X to be setup by anyone. Just my thoughts on the issue... ---------------- -jayjwa Reg. Linux user #207147 PGPKey: http://atr2.ath.cx/jayjwa.asc Spambox: jayjwa@xxxxxxxxxxx -- 4 Spammers: listme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *We have come for your Buffer!* GET /default.ida?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801% u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u9090%u8190%u00c3 %u0003%u8b00%u531b%u53ff%u0078%u0000%u00=a HTTP/1.0" 200 140 "-" "-" _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
