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My understanding is that X searches the path given in xorg.conf |
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irregardless of who starts it but I may be wrong. I use xdm, not gdm. |
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, George Roberts wrote: |
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> Brett I. Holcomb wrote: |
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>> Check man xorg.conf and it will give you the locations searched for |
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>> xorg.conf. |
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>> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, George Roberts wrote: |
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>> > I have noticed in the last couple days that rolling the wheel on my |
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>> > mouse is |
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>> Snip |
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>> > I was under the impression that the folder /etc/X11is the folder only |
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>> > scanned and used. That is why I put the backup copy there. My question |
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>> > Thanks |
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> Thanks, it seems the system searchs farther than I understood. Based on what |
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> I have read on gdm, the X server is started by a non-privliged user, to avoid |
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> possiblities of exploition of the system via the login area. If this is in |
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> fact true then the search for the xorg.conf file would be limited to the /usr |
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> or /etc folders, not the / folder. |
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> Does there need to be an update to the man file, or is this a undocumented |
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> feature? |
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Brett I. Holcomb |
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