partkly to 7.2.jj

Gary Kline kline at tao.thought.org
Mon May 28 02:54:52 UTC 2007


On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 12:33:57PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> 	well, after following the UPDATING directions anddd having just
> 	completed, X barely works.  gdm is missing, kdm fails, and xdm 
> 	puts me into kde.  The screen res u  is at least  1200x1600.
> 	there is no xorg.conf, and my notes on how to create this file
> 	are missing.  my scren is skewedd to the left; there's about 
> 	18mm of blaaaack on my right hand side.
> 
> 	i'll try to re-install gnomee and make syure that other
> 	window mangers are there.  one prticularly annoyying thins is
> 	how to set backspaccce == ^Hin KDE......
> 
> 	NO Complaints; tthis move ffrom 6.9 to 7.2 had to be done and
> 	theee ports term has done a great djob.  once i've got an
> 	/etc/X11/xorg, this should be on the road.  So **help***
> 
> 
		This was a DIY,  and then some.  I found the missing 

		# X -congifure

		example in my ~/Mail directory.  The results were
		identical with the xorg.conf that *was* here,  buried in
		an X11R6 directory.  In moving frm xorg-6.9 to 7.2 
		>>something<< messed up my screen.  I used my CRT 
		controls to re-center and aadjust the display.  There was
		a fine tunng app (xvidtune??) that I'll eventuaaly hunt
		for to fine tune things
-- 
  Gary Kline  kline at thought.org   www.thought.org  Public Service Unix



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