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| author | Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-01-09 19:43:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-01-09 19:43:05 +0000 |
| commit | d3df4d0b8832f708632eee08ab3f6a85ff7136f8 (patch) | |
| tree | 94b1867d64e52e99c92e15ecc068870249da33c6 | |
| parent | 476e4ff3a6fe2541444db08832c3b5f91f12f9eb (diff) | |
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At the beginning of the "Configuring X11" section, mention the fact
that Xorg, nowadays, can often run without any configuration file.
PR: docs/119233
Submitted by: Chess Griffin <chess@chessgriffin.com>
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=31240
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml index 69fd6a8aff..d4935b3474 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml @@ -402,7 +402,15 @@ <sect2> <title>Configuring X11</title> - <para>Configuration of X11 is + <para>As of version 7.3, <application>&xorg;</application> can + often work without any configuration file by simply typing at + prompt:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>startx</userinput></screen> + + <para>If this does not work, or if the default configuration is + not acceptable, then X11 must be configured manually. + Configuration of X11 is a multi-step process. The first step is to build an initial configuration file. As the super user, simply |