XF86Config Woes

certifiablenerd · 11-06-2003, 06:13 PM

I just installed Slack 9.1 and have gone through setup with no real hitches. Now I need to configure X, which is turning out to be more difficult than I thought.

I've tried several different commands when logged in as root, including Xconfigurator, XF86Setup, xconf, and xconfig, and none of them are registering.

What should I be entering to begin X setup?

(Nice thing about having a new distro is that you don't have to search very far back into the help fora.)

dd78749 · 11-06-2003, 07:29 PM

xf86config is the command you're looking for.

exodist · 11-06-2003, 09:38 PM

command line utilities forever :-D!!!!!!!!

certifiablenerd · 11-06-2003, 10:15 PM

Thanks. I'll try that, though not tonight. (Every site says something different, figured it might vary slightly between distros.)

Yes, the joys of command-line interfaces.... power if you know the command you want, frustration if you don't.

ritaylor · 11-06-2003, 11:17 PM

If you are not 100% sure what your hardware is, you can use "xfree86setup" which is a menu driven frontend similar to the Slackware installer. It tells the X server to look at the video card and setup the best initial configuration file it can make based on the information it gathers.