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Post-installation instructions for X.Org on OpenBSD/amd64
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Conventions used in this document:
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- somename(1) implies that "somename" is a program, and there is a
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manual page available in section 1 of the manual pages for further
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reading, viewed by typing "man 1 somename".
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1. Start either xdm(1) or startx(1).
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a. Start xdm(1), the X display manager by activating the xdm_flags option
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in /etc/rc.conf.local(8).
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b. Start startx(1) from a console shell. It is the X script that starts
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the X server and a few X applications, including a window manager.
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2. If needed, Create the configuration file for your server.
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For many users of X.Org's servers, an xorg.conf file is not needed,
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X, will automatically detect and use your hardware.
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For the few cases where your hardware is not properly autodetected
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or supported or not supported as you wish, you will have to create
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a configuration file.
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Report to http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq11.html#amd64i386 for details.
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See also Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5).
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3. With X.Org XOrgVersion, you can use anti-aliased fonts in many applications.
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visit http://www.openbsd.org/faq/truetype.html for more information.
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problem_blurb
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$OpenBSD: README.amd64,v 1.8 2014/07/30 20:06:30 matthieu Exp $
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