Anyone Using X.org?

sloopy yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri, 17 Sep 2004 06:18:32 -0400


On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 00:09, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> On 9/16/04 11:22 PM, "sloopy" <sloopy@ydl.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 00:28, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> >> Anyone using X.org rather than XFree? I'm considering it and would like
> >> to hear people's experiences. Thanks.
> >> 
> >> Ed
> > 
> > 
> > i am using it in YDL4 on a 9600 and a B&W G3, and it seems fine...
> > 
> > sloopy.
> > 
> 
> What were the steps you took for installation? (what files did you get --
> and from where, did you need to compile x.org, what configuration is
> necessary for it to work on an imac) Thanks.
> 
> Ed
> 

YDL4 uses X.org natively, on the B&W, it is a supported machine for YDL4
so it just installed fine... on the 9600, i had to edit the config
slightly (the device section for the video card) and everything was
fine... it can use the XF86Config from XFree with no probs...

sloopy.