For general X questions you should read the
FAQ
and the
FAQ-Xt
from the
comp.windows.x
newsgroup (you can achieve them
from ftp.x.org
in the directory R5contrib
or
from rtfm.mit.edu
in /pub/usenet_by_hierarchy/comp/windows/x
by anonymous ftp).
Many Linux distributions include most relevant FAQs in the directory
/usr/doc
, so you might want to look there first.
Please note that comp.windows.x
is the newsgroup for general X
questions.
If you have questions on the XFree86 package and cannot find an answer
in the documentation files (XFree86, Xconfig, XF86_*
manpages
or the README
files in /usr/X386/lib/X11/etc
) you may
want to post a question to a newsgroup. The appropriate newsgroup for
that purpose is comp.windows.x.i386unix
, as this newsgroup is
dedicated to the XFree86 system. If you have a problem with the
server and want to post a question to this newsgroup, you should
provide enough information for
those that want to help you. It is no good idea telling: XFree86 is not
working, what do I have to do? Here some things that should be included
in all postings that are concerned with server problems:
startx 2>1 > Xerror.log
or startx >& Xerror.log
depending on whether you use a bourne shell derivate (e.g. bash
)
or a C shell derivate (e.g. tcsh
) as login shell)Xconfig
(It is not a good
idea to include all
lines commented out by a leading #. This would be the largest
part of your post and most people will already know the copyright
statements :-)Bug reports or questions on XFree86 can be sent directly to
XFree86@physics.su.oz.au
. This is the contact address of
The XFree86 Project.
There are some other newsgroups that cover X related topics:
comp.windows.x.apps
- for X applicationscomp.windows.x.intrinsics
- for X intrinsic comp.windows.x.motif
- for the Motif extension to Xcomp.windows.open-look
- for OpenLook and the Xview
extension to Xrtfm.mit.edu
via anonymous ftp.
Please do not post X related questions to any newsgroup of the
comp.os.linux.*
hierarchy. You will get better answers to your questions
in those newsgroups dedicated to those questions, as nearly all those
questions are not Linux-specific.
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