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From: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Configuring X on FreeBSD
Date: 20 Jan 96 13:07:11 GMT
Organization: X Consortium
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j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:

>Karl Stenerud <mock@res.com> writes:

>> How do I configure X?

>By editing the /etc/XF86Config file (or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config).
>RTFM in XF86Config, and the man page for your X server.

Start with the `SuperProbe` utiity. This will probe your vga adapter
for the chipset, RAMDAC, and memory. If you already know the answers
you can skip this step.

Then run the `xf86config` utility. This will create an XF86Config based
on answers you give in menus.

Then start the Xserver and fine tune your modelines with the xvidtune
client.

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Kaleb KEITHLEY