Lost my X11 config - what was the old tool to build it?

John john at starfire.mn.org
Sun Jan 9 13:23:15 PST 2005


Before Win98 destroyed my nice FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE installation on
my Compaq Armada M700 laptop, I had a really good X configuration
which, if I remember correctly, was generated almost entirely
automatically somehow.  (No, I didn't have a backup of that config
file, and I've already kick myself many times.) Anyway, I am trying
to get this back up and running with XFree86 4.3.0 and FreeBSD
5.2.1.

I sure can't get anything that's useful now from the X86Config
script - all it does is ask me questions that I don't really know
the answer to - partly because it is a Laptop, and I can't just
easily see what the built-in adapter is.  Whatever configuration
utility that I ran before, I sure can't find it now - it seemed
to make VERY good recommendations, and I could sure use some!

I've checked the XFree86 web site, and didn't find much useful there.

I've done global web searches for XFree86 and this laptop, but
they must be for versions that are too old, because they don't
work for me, complaining of Drivers that don't exist, and so forth.

I'd be tempted to just reload 4.9-RELEASE and re-do it from there,
but I'm afraid I may run into a similar problem - where the config
file there, even if I get it, won't work with the new stuff.

Any pointers will be appreciated.
-- 

John Lind
john at starfire.MN.ORG


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