After you have added the required settings and setup a working network,
run the xf86config
program to create a standard configuration file
in Y:\XFree86\lib\X11\XConfig
from a windowed
or full screen OS/2 text session:
[C:\] xf86config
The xf86config
program will ask a number of questions. You will need
the information obtained from the SuperProbe program here. The program should
be self explanatory; if you have problems to understand something though, seek
assistance in the newsgroups.
It is possible, but strongly discouraged for the non-expert, to edit the
XConfig
file with a text editor. In a few situations, as described in
the FAQ, this might even be mandatory. This file is not a hacker's area,
such as the Win95 registry, but it has in common with it that you can
easily cause damage.
For details about the XF86Config
file format, refer to the
XF86Config(4/5) manual page.
If you know the configuration process from Linux or other XFree86 platform, you will encounter a few differences:
XF86Config
in Unix environments.
DEVICE=D:\OS2\BOOT\PCLOGIC.SYS SERIAL=COM1
DEVICE=D:\OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS TYPE=PCLOGIC$
for a MouseSystems compatible mouse, for instance.xf86config
dialogue, provided your language is available.In most cases, an existing XF86Config
file for the same XFree86 version
from Linux or another platform may be used without changes. There is one
prominent exception: some S3 805 based VLB cards put their video memory
in odd locations. The X server can search for this memory by experimentally
mapping and unmapping possible memory regions. In XFree86/OS2, the OS may
run out of memory tiles during this process. If this happens, you must
find out the location of the memory yourself and add it as an option
MemBase 0x12345678
to the XConfig file.
Once you've set up a XF86Config file, you can fine tune the video
modes with the xvidtune
utility.
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