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From: pk <peterk2@××××××××.se>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: About the change from /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:18:46
Message-Id: 4B5497B4.2080006@coolmail.se
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: About the change from /etc/X11/xorg.conf by Harry Putnam
1 Harry Putnam wrote:
2
3 > Using only the current setup, that is, one with hal and dbus installed
4 > and one that does not use xorg.conf... and apparently does not use
5 > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d either... since that directory is not present.
6 >
7 > But yet an X display happens when I type `startx', apparently
8 > generated somewhere automatically.
9 >
10 > What I'm asking is where does one make customizations to that auto
11 > generated process... something is doing it.. some file or something is
12 > involved... but what and where?
13
14 Ok, sorry, misinterpreted your last mail; I thought we discussed
15 _future_ xorg layout... Anyway, xorg.conf again; afaiu, X will auto
16 detect every setting not in xorg.conf, which means you can have a
17 minimal xorg.conf and let X auto detect all the other settings...
18 dependent on, of course, that your hardware plays nice (i.e. your screen
19 sends proper edid info etc.)
20
21 HTH
22
23 Best regards
24
25 Peter K