diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml index 5b2aa5b8d1..c10309c7d0 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml @@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ &macos;. While it is not necessary to understand all of the details of various - X components and how they interact; some basic knowledge makes + X components and how they interact, some basic knowledge makes it possible to take advantage of X's strengths. Why X? X is not the first window system written for &unix;, but it is the - most popularof them. X's original development team had worked on another + most popular of them. X's original development team had worked on another window system prior to writing X. That system's name was W (for Window). X was just the next letter in the Roman alphabet. @@ -354,6 +354,12 @@ &prompt.root; pkg_add -r xorg + + To build &xorg; in its + entirety, be sure to have at least 2GB of free space + available. + + The &xfree86; 4.X package can be installed by typing: @@ -401,7 +407,7 @@ The &man.pkgdb.1; command is part of the portupgrade software and will - update various packages dependencies. + update various package dependencies. To build &xorg; in its @@ -507,7 +513,7 @@ &prompt.root; XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new - If a black and grey grid and an X mouse cursor appears, + If a black and grey grid and an X mouse cursor appear, the configuration was successful. To exit the test, just press Ctrl @@ -539,7 +545,7 @@ EndSection The HorizSync and VertRefresh keywords may be missing in the - configuration file. If they do not, they need to be added, with + configuration file. If they are not, they need to be added, with the correct horizontal synchronization rate placed after the HorizSync keyword and the vertical synchronization rate after the VertRefresh @@ -599,9 +605,9 @@ EndSection One of the tools available to assist you during troubleshooting process are the X11 log files, which contain information on each device that the X11 server attaches to. - &xorg; log files are in the format + &xorg; log file names are in the format of /var/log/Xorg.0.log - (&xfree86; log files follow the + (&xfree86; log file names follow the format of XFree86.0.log). The exact name of the log can vary from Xorg.0.log to Xorg.8.log and so forth. @@ -635,7 +641,7 @@ EndSection There is also a graphical configuration tool, &man.xorgcfg.1; (&man.xf86cfg.1; for &xfree86;), that comes with the X11 distribution. It - allows to interactively define your configuration by choosing + allows you to interactively define your configuration by choosing the appropriate drivers and settings. This program can be invoked from the console, by typing the command xorgcfg -textmode. For more details, refer to the &man.xorgcfg.1; and &man.xf86cfg.1; manual pages. @@ -857,7 +863,7 @@ EndSection in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ and ~/.fonts/ are automatically made available for anti-aliasing to Xft-aware applications. Not - all applications are Xft-aware , but many have received Xft support. + all applications are Xft-aware, but many have received Xft support. Examples of Xft-aware applications include Qt 2.3 and higher (the toolkit for the KDE desktop), GTK+ 2.0 and higher (the toolkit for the