Re: cannot configure X in 6.1.2

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst) writes:

> mueller6724%bellsouth.net@localhost ("Thomas Mueller") writes:
>
> > from Michael van Elst:
>
> > > >I cannot beleive Xorg is so broken on netbsd-6 branch that I cannot
> > > >configure ant X card. What is wrong with Xorg -configure?
>
> > > Dunno about netbsd-6, but Xorg -configure is deprecated. Try without.
>
> > If Xorg -configure is deprecated, what does one use in its place?
>
> Modern xorg is supposed to configure itself at startup, you can use it
> without a configuration file.

Key phrase is "supposed to"...

It has been my experience that X (whether native or modular) usually
gets it wrong and that a config file is absolutely necessary.

This is most frequently seen by those of us who still use CRT displays.
I also tend to have to fight with it to use some PCIe video adapters.
It will find the card with '-configure', but fail to find it without.
(It invariably uses invalid device location syntax, so I have to patch
what was generated.)

Then, I can usually make it work.

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