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