iB::Topic::xfree86

	Damn Small Linux :: Damn Small Linux Board The DSL Forums

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » DSL Ideas and Suggestions » xfree86

		Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
		Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic

Pages: (3) </ 1 [2] 3 >/

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Topic: xfree86

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

mikshaw

Group: Members
Posts: 4856
Joined: July 2004

Posted: May 15 2005,05:17

yeah, I see what you mean. I was thinking maybe a generic XF86Config file could be installed into /etc/X11...something that contains a very simple config that might work on a majority of systems, then the user could edit or replace that file at his convenience.
I have no idea if this would work.

--------------
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

SaidinUnleashed Offline

Group: Members
Posts: 1428
Joined: Mar. 2004

Posted: May 15 2005,05:28

Eh, there are so many different variables (refresh rate, mouse port, resolution, color depth, etc) that having an XF86Config-4 in base DSL would be a waste of time. We have lots of nice premade fires with the extension already, as well as instructions for how to put it into place.

--------------
They say if you play a Microsoft CD backwards, you hear satanic messages. That's nothing, cause if you play it forwards, it installs Windows.

Unleash the power of the TILDE~~~

dougvega

Group: Members
Posts: 85
Joined: Sep. 2003

Posted: May 15 2005,13:56

thanks for the instructions and the people that put them together but for a newbie they are hard to follow thats why there are so many people interested in an easy to install extention , bear in mind that most of us are not linux gurus and
a lot of the how-tos are put toguether by users that know linux inside out .

SaidinUnleashed Offline

Group: Members
Posts: 1428
Joined: Mar. 2004

Posted: May 15 2005,14:23

Not really, I wrote many of them myself.

Not the XFree instructions, but they are very simple.

You have to copy one text file to /etc/X11 and edit another.

Not that complicated, and as near to a one-click install as you will find.

--------------
They say if you play a Microsoft CD backwards, you hear satanic messages. That's nothing, cause if you play it forwards, it installs Windows.

Unleash the power of the TILDE~~~

dougvega

Group: Members
Posts: 85
Joined: Sep. 2003

Posted: May 15 2005,19:16

it must be just me then , I could not get my box going with Xfree so I apt-got the metapackage from debian and got it going that way I still have problems whit my serial mouse after that but I gess
I can live with that.

11 replies since May 12 2005,16:28

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Pages: (3) </ 1 [2] 3 >/

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » DSL Ideas and Suggestions » xfree86