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Topic: help on understanding the xfree86.dsl readme

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Posted: Mar. 15 2005,20:36

hello, unfortunately I do not understand the readme very well:(
1) what about the .xserverrc? Do I have to open it with a text editor and add a new line ->exec /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -nolisten tcp<-

2) ****(copy included in /home/dsl/XFree86_config_files)****

Copy included WHAT???

What is XFree86_config_files.
Is this a directory or a text file?
Do I have to create it?

mikshaw

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Posted: Mar. 15 2005,21:27

1) there should be an .xserverrc included with the package. You can just copy that into /home/dsl (recommend backing up the original, and make sure your new file is executable).

2) there should be a directory created in /home/dsl/ called "XFree86_config_files", which contains some preconfigured XF86Config-4 files (and i think also the .xserverrc mentioned above). Find one which looks like it would work with your video card and copy it into /etc/X11/ as "XF86Config-4". This is not the same filename as the config file used with Xvesa, so you don't need to back up anything for this.

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