docs/119233: [patch] handbook/x11/chapter.smgl - add info about xorg 7.3 and not needing xorg.conf
Chess Griffin
chess at chessgriffin.com
Tue Jan 1 23:22:02 UTC 2008
* FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org <FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org> [2008-01-01 20:20:00]:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=119233
>
> >Category: docs
> >Responsible: freebsd-doc
> >Synopsis: [patch] handbook/x11/chapter.smgl - add info about xorg 7.3 and not needing xorg.conf
> >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 01 20:20:00 UTC 2008
Once again, the web interface seems to munge my submissions. :-)
Here is the diff again, hopefully this time with the correct
formatting.
--- chapter.sgml.orig 2008-01-01 11:43:44.000000000 -0500
+++ chapter.sgml 2008-01-01 14:23:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -402,11 +402,16 @@
<sect2>
<title>Configuring X11</title>
- <para>Configuration of X11 is
- a multi-step process. The first step is to build an initial
- configuration file.
- As the super user, simply
- run:</para>
+ <para>As of version 7.3, X11 can often work without any
+ configuration file by simply typing at a prompt:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>If this does not work, or if the default configuration is
+ not acceptable, then X11 must be configured manually.
+ Configuration of X11 is a multi-step process. The first step is
+ to build an initial configuration file. As the super user,
+ simply run:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>Xorg -configure</userinput></screen>
--
Chess Griffin
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