Hi Nick, Following the conversation on misc@ about Xorg[1] and some advice from Mattieu [2] I've updated faq 11 to remove the reference to X -configure.
Not sure if this is the best way of doing it. Cheers Fred [1] http://marc.info/?t=139205611600001 [2] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=134264338502946 Diff attached and inline: --- faq11.html Wed Feb 12 14:05:04 2014 +++ faq11_x.html Wed Feb 12 14:23:30 2014 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <meta name="description" content="OpenBSD FAQ 11 - The X Window System"> <meta name="keywords" content="openbsd,faq11"> <meta name="distribution" content="global"> -<meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1998-2013 by OpenBSD."> +<meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1998-2014 by OpenBSD."> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> @@ -373,35 +373,15 @@ Much better, in fact. This does mean we need to make our own xorg.conf file, however. <p> -Let's use the "X -configure" process to generate a starting <tt>xorg.conf</tt> -file. -You will need to do this as root: -<blockquote><pre> -# <b>X -configure</b> - [...] -Your xorg.conf file is /root/xorg.conf.new +So using your favorite text editor and +<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xorg.conf&sektion=1";>xorg.conf(5)</a> +you can start crafting your +<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=xorg.conf&sektion=1";>xorg.conf(5)</a> + file. -To test the server, run 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new' -</pre></blockquote> - -By the way, the message is serious -- use the entire path to your -<tt>xorg.conf.new</tt> file, even if it is sitting in your current -default directory. -Failing to do so will result in -<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=X&sektion=7";>X(7)</a> -not finding the file, and it will silently use the default -configuration, and if that had worked, you wouldn't be using this -process! -This can set back your troubleshooting quite a bit. -Trust us on this. - <p> -Let's do as it says, and see what we get: -<blockquote><pre> -# <b>X -config /root/xorg.conf.new</b> -</pre></blockquote> - -Now, all we get is a black screen. +<a href="#StartingX">Restarting X</a> +, all we get is a black screen. Things had started out so well... <p> [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-patch which had a name of faq11.diff]
