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hi
may i know which linux distro installs x11/x server by default? cause previously i used to install suse,redhat,fedora and mandrake, and installing x server is easy.. but i just tried installing gentoo 2004.2 and it seems i have to install x server by myself, and i don't really know how to do it... or is it actually easy to do it?
thanks
eskaypey
07-31-2005, 09:33 AM
helooo
with Gentoo you run 'emerge xorg-x11'
check out Gentoo handbook
you may want to try Ubuntu, but
and is there any reason why you not installing current Gentoo?
if you don't know how to configure X.org, then boot a live CD distro such as knoppix and copy the X configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) to a CD or somewhere on your network then emerge xorg-x11 in Gentoo and then copy the config file over.
you may as well learn how to configure it yourself tho as it is not too difficult.
other than that, you already listed a bunch that config X for you automatically. in addition to the one you listed, Ubuntu configs it for you as well.
helooo
with Gentoo you run 'emerge xorg-x11'
check out Gentoo handbook
you may want to try Ubuntu, but
and is there any reason why you not installing current Gentoo?
the only reason i'm not installing the current Gentoo is because i haven't downloaded it yet :D .. but i'm planning to do it if the current gentoo got some significant changes over gentoo 2004.2 which i just installed. May i know what's the difference between the latest gentoo and the one i just installed? and does it install X server automatically? by the way don't i need to specify some configuration file when i run 'emerge xorg-11'?
thanks for your help
if you don't know how to configure X.org, then boot a live CD distro such as knoppix and copy the X configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) to a CD or somewhere on your network then emerge xorg-x11 in Gentoo and then copy the config file over.
you may as well learn how to configure it yourself tho as it is not too difficult.
ermm..care to tell me the commands? i'm not really good in this stuff.. gentoo handbook doesn't tell anything about installing x server..
thanks a lot for your help
Parcival
08-01-2005, 08:13 AM
ermm..care to tell me the commands? i'm not really good in this stuff.. gentoo handbook doesn't tell anything about installing x server..
Here you go buddy. :) ;)
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
WhiteKnight
08-01-2005, 09:19 AM
yeah...
another gentoo user!
they provide great documentations! i learnt a hell lot from those...
From those, i graduated from a LPN (Linux Power Newbie, a term coined by 1 of the guys here..) to some1 that who doesnt need to reinstall as often...
Well, actually i havent reinstalled since i installed 2005.0, only did it cos i changed a hdd to a 160GB sata and wanted to use this as a oppurtuinity to clear out files i no longer used but are lost somewhere in the harddrive
Here you go buddy. :) ;)
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml
thanks a lot