On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:54:13 -0500 Duane Winner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I was wondering if anybody could provide me with a brief explanation > of why FreeBSD has made Xorg the default X11 implementation over > XFree86. > > It doesn't really matter to me, I've tried it, it seems to work > fine, and almost exactly the same. > > The only problem I've run into so far is is that my old XF86Config > file with the refresh rates for my external monitor connected to my > laptop didn't quite take (kept going to 800x600). After some minor > fiddling, I managed to get it working (I still need to do it again a > few times so I make sure I understand fully what I'm doing). > > I've read a bunch of docs, but can't seem to find an answer on why > FreeBSD has moved to Xorg. Is it just a political/licensing issue? > Like I said, it's not a big deal, but I manage the internal 'Howto' > document for our organization, and since we're in the process of > moving from 5.2.1 to 5.3, it would be nice to have a little mention > of why we're going to Xorg after my entire section for installing X > is going to change from Xfree86 instructions. Xorg beat XFree86 out in regards of features in the newest release. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
