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pre- and post- 4.6.
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chosen. The configuration of XFree86 and selection of a default
desktop is part of the post-installation steps.</para>
<para>The default XFree86 version installed is the 4.x branch. You
should check to see whether your video card is supported at the
<ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</ulink> web site.
If it is only supported under the 3.x branch, select a distribution
without X for installation. After installation, install and
configure XFree86 3.x using the ports collection.</para>
<para>The default version of XFree86 that is installed depends on the
version of the FreeBSD that you are installing. For FreeBSD versions
prior to 4.6, XFree86 3.x is installed. For FreeBSD 4.6 and later,
XFree86 4.x is the default.</para>
<para>You should check to see whether your video card is supported at the
<ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</ulink> web site. If it
is not supported under the default version that FreeBSD will install,
you should select a distribution without X for installation. After
installation, install and configure the appropriate version of
XFree86 using the ports collection.</para>
<para>If compiling a custom kernel is anticipated, select an option
which includes the source code. For more information on why a