From 003a032369c1ed8e2e7a4aaa89441d49faf938c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Fonvieille Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 17:30:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] XFree86 4.X is now default, update the chapter about that PR: docs/40462 Submitted by: Bruce A. Mah Approved by: keramida --- .../books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml | 29 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml index b2364b4970..bc47b07055 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ A familiar focus policy is called click-to-focus. This is the model utilized by Microsoft Windows, in which a window - becomes active upon receiving a mouse click. + becomes active upon receiving a mouse click. X does not support any particular focus policy. Instead, the window manager controls which window has the focus at any one time. @@ -265,29 +265,34 @@ new features such as better support for fonts and anti-aliasing. Unfortunately this new architecture requires that the video drivers be rewritten, and some of the older - cards that were supported in 3.X are not yet supported in 4.X. + cards that were supported in 3.X are not yet supported in 4.X. As all + new developments and support for new graphics cards are done on that + branch, XFree86 4.X is now the default + version of the X Window System on FreeBSD. The FreeBSD setup program offers users the opportunity to install - and configure XFree86 3.3.6 during installation (covered in - ). To run - XFree86 4.X, wait until after the base + and configure XFree86 4.X during installation (covered in + ). To install and run + XFree86 3.X, wait until after the base FreeBSD system is installed, and then install XFree86. For example, - to build and install XFree86 4.X from the + to build and install XFree86 3.X from the ports collection: - &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 + &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86 &prompt.root; make all install clean - Alternatively, XFree86 4.X can be - installed from a binary package with the - pkg_add tool or directly from the FreeBSD + Alternatively, either version of XFree86 can be + installed + directly from the FreeBSD binaries provided on the XFree86 web site. + url="http://www.XFree86.org/">XFree86 web site. A binary + package to use with &man.pkg.add.1; tool is also available for + XFree86 4.X. The rest of this chapter will explain how to configure XFree86, and how to setup a productive desktop environment. - +