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popey · 08-06-2005, 03:50 AM

To install Xorg type the command sysinstall and choose configure then distributions then Xorg.

To configure X use xorgconfig, you'll need to know your monitor's horizontal and vertical refresh rates and the type of graphics card you have. To run X type kdm for kde gdm for gnome.

To set up sound (there's no Alsa on FreeBSD) type kldload snd_driver, this will load all sound drivers, then cat /dev/sndstat will tell you the actual driver selected for your card, then add a line to /boot/loader.conf to load sound on boot, for example an audigy uses snd_emu10k1 so add the line snd_emu10k1_load="YES".

For much better and totally comprehensive details see the FreeBsd handbook
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...ook/index.html

08-06-2005, 03:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
popey Junior Techie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 71	To install Xorg type the command sysinstall and choose configure then distributions then Xorg. To configure X use xorgconfig, you'll need to know your monitor's horizontal and vertical refresh rates and the type of graphics card you have. To run X type kdm for kde gdm for gnome. To set up sound (there's no Alsa on FreeBSD) type kldload snd_driver, this will load all sound drivers, then cat /dev/sndstat will tell you the actual driver selected for your card, then add a line to /boot/loader.conf to load sound on boot, for example an audigy uses snd_emu10k1 so add the line snd_emu10k1_load="YES". For much better and totally comprehensive details see the FreeBsd handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...ook/index.html