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Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 060922 Bo ?rsted Andresen wrote: |
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>> On Friday 22 September 2006 02:35, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>>> I've updated to modular X |
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>>> and everything seems to be working as before, but where is xorg.conf ? |
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>>> root: X11> pwd |
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>>> /etc/X11 |
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>>> root: X11> ls -l |
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>>> total 8 |
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>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 Sep 20 15:56 Sessions |
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>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1496 Sep 20 15:56 chooser.sh |
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>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 922 Sep 20 15:56 startDM.sh |
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>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 Sep 20 15:56 xinit |
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>>> |
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>> You are saying that X is working, right? In that case |
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>> the log file will show you can see where it finds the config file: |
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>> # grep "Using config" /var/log/Xorg.0.log |
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>> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" |
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>> My bet is on /root/xorg.conf ... |
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> No (smile)! Apparently, it creates its own file on the fly. |
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> Quoting from the log file : |
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> ... |
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> (EE) Unable to locate/open config file |
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> ... |
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> Running "getconfig -X 70000000 -I \ |
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> /etc/X11,/usr/etc/X11,/usr/lib/xorg/modules,/usr/lib/X11/getconfig \ |
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> -v 0x10de -d 0x0181 -r 0xa2 -s 0x1043 -b 0x80bb -c 0x0300" |
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> New driver is "nv" |
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> (==) Using default built-in configuration (53 lines) |
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> (==) --- Start of built-in configuration --- |
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> when there follows a fairly good imitation of xorg.conf (grin). |
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> ... |
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> (WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout. |
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> Using the default mouse configuration. |
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> (WW) The core keyboard device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout. |
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> Using the default keyboard configuration. |
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> (WW) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default. |
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> (==) FontPath set to "/usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi,\ |
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> /usr/share/fonts/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1" |
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> (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb" |
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> (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" |
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> ... |
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> The whole log file is 748 lines. |
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>>> Is xorg.conf no longer essential ? |
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>>> |
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>> Yes. |
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> I take it you mean "Yes, it is no longer essential" ... (smile) |
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> So any advice from anyone: should I 'xorgconfig' (whatever it's called) |
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> or copy the old xorg.conf from my back-up /etc/X11-mono/ |
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> or just leave things as they are ? |
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I had trouble with my old one. I ran the GUI config then edited a few |
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things to my liking. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |
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