> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erik Norgaard > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 12:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: I have given in trying to install > > > > FreeBSD doesn't enable X by default, you will come to appreciate it. X > does not start Gnome or KDE by default, you will come to > apprecieate it. > The reason is that if something is incorrectly configured you can get > into an endless loop with X restarting, and a reinstall being the only > (almost) option. >
Not even that. 3/4 of the hardware I have requires modifications to the X config file, most commonly because the monitor cannot handle the highest resolutions and refresh rates of the video hardware. The config files that are generated by the X configuration tools are almost always wrong, for older hardware and displays. Ted _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
