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Old 02-19-2008, 12:53 PM
Rich Grise
 
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Default Re: Which command for install/configure Xfree? [Slack 10]

"notbob" <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message
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> On 2004-06-27, Rich Grise <rich@example.net> wrote:
>
> > anyway), I typed
> >
> > $ startx
> >
> > and it came right up. I didn't have to configure _a thing_!

>
> Yes, I was surprised by this.
>
> Some people would see this as a good thing, but there are two sides to the
> coin. The pro side is X is automatically configured for you. The con

side
> is the X defaults may not be what you want. Pro: if you were going to
> manually configure in the first place, it should be no problem to

configure
> in the second place. Con: assumes you know how to configure X. Pro....

no
> wait, that's a con.... ummmm... Oh screw it! Copy yer old config file

into
> 10's X11 directory!
>

I didn't have to even do that - all the defaults are an ordinary install.
What I _did_ have to do is copy those lines about the 5 buttons and emulate
z axis or whatever they are. Didin't they fix that? If so, how do I activate
the fix? Is there someplace where I should put "imps2?"

Thanks,
Rich


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