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From: sue@zip.com.au (Sue Blake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and X-Windows.
Date: 5 Jul 1997 06:50:50 GMT
Organization: WeLearn
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Michael Chisari (dominion@ripco.com) wrote:
> Instead, it's a lot less intuitive, and looks like it's running in
> 640x480x16c, using a 1024x768 virtual screen, whereas I'd like it to run in
> 800x600x64k, using no virtual screen (like I'm running Win95 currently).
Here's a quick partial solution.
Use ctrl-alt-+ or ctrl-alt-- to cycle through screen resolutions.
Use ctrl-alt-backspace to get out of X when there's no other way.
As far as how many colours... I'm still working on that :-)
Typing 'startx bpp 16' or something like that used to work (?)
If it looks and feels horrible, you've probably got the default "twm" as
your window manager. Use another one. I installed afterstep and like it, but
there's many other good ones, including some that are a bit like win95.
Read your chosen window manager's man pages, edit some configuration files,
and you can make that screen look and feel like anything you ever dreamed
of. It's one of the most rewarding hard slogs you'll ever encounter.
Regards,
-*Sue*-
sue@welearn.com.au