Re: For First-Time Users of X-Server

["John J. Boyer" <director chpi org>]

Kenny,

I read a howto on X window, but it never mentioned that X uses a different 
tty that the one on which you type startx. Too obvious for a sighted 
person to mention, maybe. The howto is on http://www.tldp.org .

John
 On Tue, 27 
May 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote:

> Hi.  I think basic setup of X is something best handled on a mailing
> list for your distrro or a local linux list.  X is difficult to set up for
> everyone.  Redhat and Mandrake are supposed to be the most user friendly
> to set up.  Debian versions prior to Woody are probably some of the most
> dificult.  Redhat uses auto detection to do most of the setup for you.
> 
> Debian versions starting with Sarge have added hardware detection
> packages.  They are still not required packages for the xserver-xfree86
> package.  This means dselect will install them when you select
> x-windows, but apt-get won't.
> I've always been a Debian user and I do have X working on my systems,
> but I wouldn't claim to no a lot about configuring X.  About the best
> advice I can give is:  the inter net and lspci can help you
> find out the info you need for your hardware.
> Also, I've had to use the mouse several times to return focus to
> a window.  I think a mouse is an important part of an X setup.
> 
> Even if your distro configures your x-windows system, you should really
> take the time to read about x-windows and how it works.  It will help
> you understand a lot more about what is going on with gnome and gnopernicus.
> 
>           Kenny
> 	  
> On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 10:58:19PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> > Thanks, Adam.  Never having used X before, I've had huge headaches trying to
> > configure it because I'm not sure about some of the information (video card,
> > monitor) it asks for. This is another area that needs more explanation for those
> > of us who have before been unable to use X. I think the xfreei6config was wat I
> > tried to use, and I found it very frustrating. I am running debian.
> > 
> > Cheryl
> > 
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