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Post-installation instructions for X.Org on OpenBSD/i386
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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. 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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3. 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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3.1. Note about Radeon cards.
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OpenBSD provides two versions of the X.Org driver for ATI Radeon cards.
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- radeon(4) is the (almost) current X.Org driver. It has more support for
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recent hardware, but unfortunately also exposes a few regressions,
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leading to screen corruption on some hardware, and is known not
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to work in ZapHod mode. It is selected by default.
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- radeonold(4) is an older version of the driver, which is known to
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work on most of the Radeon cards, except the newer ones. It is
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robust and also works in "ZapHod" mode (one X screen per physical
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screen). It needs to be enabled explicitly by creating a simple
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/etc/X11/xorg.conf file containing:
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Section "Device"
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Identifier "Old Radeon card"
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Driver "radeonold"
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EndSection
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4. 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.i386,v 1.6 2012/11/18 23:32:07 matthieu Exp $
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