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- xorgcfg is gone - reduce the differences between README.i386 and README.amd64. ok jmc@, todd@, oga@, david@
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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. Make sure your system has support for X enabled:
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You must have "option APERTURE" in your kernel configuration and
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uncomment the line that says:
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machdep.allowaperture=2
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in /etc/sysctl.conf. See xf86(4) for more details about security
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issues related to this. After changing this variable in sysctl.conf,
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you will need to reboot for the change to take effect.
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2. Find out about your hardware:
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Find out what chipset is used by your video board. Write this
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information down. The dmesg(8) command output is useful.
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What kind of mouse do you have and which port is it connected to?
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The two most common cases are a PS/2 style or USB mouse, for which
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OpenBSD uses the wsmouse(4) protocol with the /dev/wsmouse device.
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3. 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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simply start X, and it will automatically detect and use your
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hardware. If your hardware is not properly autodetected or supported
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or not supported as you wish, you will have to create a configuration
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file.
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Run Xorg -configure as root and move the resulting xorg.conf.new
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file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Edit it to adjust it for your hardware.
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See also Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5).
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4. 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(8) or /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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5. With X.Org XOrgVersion, you can use antialiased fonts in some 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 1.2 2007/12/17 08:23:49 matthieu Exp $
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