Re: tlug: advice needed: choosing a distribution

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Jonathan Byrne wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Chris Sekiya wrote:
> 
> > Don't be afraid -- X configuration is a very useful skill to have.  I'm a
> > big fan of /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config -- it generates a heavily-commented
> > XF86Config that often needs no editing whatsoever.  Stay away from
> 
> However, it needs a few refinements:
> 
> * Doesn't understand Japanese keyboards [1]
> * Doesn't allow you to enter specific horizontal and vertical sync
> rates, only to choose from some canned ranges [1]
> 
> 
> I wish I could fix those myself, but since I can't, maybe some hero with
> Abundant Free Time (tm) will step in and fix it  :-)
> 
> [1]  Unless a current version changes this.  The one that ships with Red
> Hat and Turbo Linux is guilty as charged.

You're talking about xf86config here, right?  I *know* turboxcfg handles J
keyboards and lets you manually enter sync ranges (at your request, I
believe :) ).

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