docs/119233: [patch] handbook/x11/chapter.smgl - add info about xorg 7.3 and not needing xorg.conf

Chess Griffin chess at chessgriffin.com
Wed Jan 2 00:00:06 UTC 2008


The following reply was made to PR docs/119233; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Chess Griffin <chess at chessgriffin.com>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
Cc: Chess Griffin <chess at chessgriffin.com>
Subject: Re: docs/119233: [patch] handbook/x11/chapter.smgl - add info
	about xorg 7.3 and not needing xorg.conf
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 18:21:59 -0500

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 * FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org <FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org> [2008=
 -01-01 20:20:00]:
 
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 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D119233
 >=20
 > >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>
 =20
 -      <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>
 +     =20
 +      <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>
 =20
        <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>Xorg -configure</userinput></screen>
 
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