Hej Guido, On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:07:36 +0200, Guido Falsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 08:58:27AM -0600, Dan Allen wrote: >> >> I hope everyone realizes that I am not trying to "de-server" FreeBSD. I >> just remember how daunting it was for me to get X setup when all I >> wanted to use was a web browser when I was new to it all. >> >> The early BSD releases had a simple check box to add X support and it >> all just worked. That was COOL. That is what I am hoping to get back >> into BSD. > > But setting X up now is perhaps even harder than what it used to be, and > common user expectation are higher. You can't get away by just > installing a vesa server...People would telle you it's slow, they would > expect the system to already accelerated drivers, if available. > Ah, I have to disagree. The last few times I installed a FreeBSD with xorg, I was really pleased how good xorg was in guessing my hardware in comparison to the olde days of XFree86. It was really, install xorg, run xorg -configure, take the config, install the nvidia driver from ports and nvidia settings too, then replace "nv" with "nvidia" in xorg.conf and with some clicks in the nvidia settings I was up and running dual screen. I thought to myself afterwards, Wow! that was easy. Used to be harder... > Sure Vesa Xserver is more than enough for firefox....But newbies need to > understand they will have to manually tweak xorg.conf anyway if they > want a really working X setup. > And really, place a warning "You're using Vesa 'cause we couldn't find a correct video driver" and off you go. In fact, I would be surprised if the ubuntu folks would do it different. Sometimes (hello newer ATI) you're lost in xorg land with some strange graphic boards.
Cheers, ./Marian PS.: am I the only one, thinking that this thread should move to -chat? _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
