On Saturday, 24 July 2004 at 19:44:59 +0200, Julien Gabel wrote: >>>> Try moving your current config file out of the way and start X. >>>> You'll be amazed! > >>> Amazed about what? >>> Could you please explain what amazed you so much? > >> Xorg, with no config file, properly detected my video card, mouse and >> monitor, and automatically configured itself to use the highest >> available resolution at the highest possible refresh rate. > > For me too, even with my 1440x900 particular setup (16/9 screen on my > notebook) on which i need previously to run XFree86-4-Server-snap > 4.3.99.15 in order to work properly with the ATI Radeon 9600Pro card. Ditto here with my Dell Inspiron 9100 with 1680x1050 display. Very impressive. > Just a side note: it didn't setup correctly my french keyboard (fr). I even got my keyboard set up correctly (Ctrl and Alt key in the correct places), but that was because I have it in my .xinitrc. Took a while for me to realize why it still worked. Greg -- Note: I discard all HTML mail unseen. Finger grog_at_FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers.
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