X Windows Config

[Eric R.]

Brian Densmore wrote:
> X looks first in your home directory for XF86Config, then
> /etc/X11/XF86Config then ... eventually it will look for XF86Config-4,
> but that is not the first one.

hmmmmm... I don't think that's how I learned it on RH...

I have a .Xclients, a .Xclients-default and a .Xauthority (which I 
believe deals with ssh?) in my /home directory.... no XF86Config of any 
type.

A search of the entire system reveals XF86Config in the following locations:

/etc/X11/XF86Config
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config

A search of the entire system for XF86Config-4 returns:

/etc/X11/XF86Config-4

This is RH 7.0.  I'll look on RH 8.0 when I get home.

and I just found this....

http://www.fifi.org/cgi-bin/man2html/usr/X11R6/man/man5/XF86Config-4.5x.gz

NAME
XF86Config-4 - Configuration File for XFree86 4.x server
DESCRIPTION
XFree86 uses a configuration file called XF86Config for its initial 
setup. This configuration file is searched for in the following places 
when the server is started as a normal user:

For the exact order of startup for X11 see the above link.

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> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Eric R. [mailto:rossiter at discoverynet.com]
>>Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:27 PM
>>To: pthurmond at kc.rr.com
>>Cc: kclug at kclug.org
>>Subject: Re: X Windows Config
>>
>>
>>Here's a couple of other things to try.
>>
>>Login at the command line as root and type setup.  Try your X 
>>configuration from there.
>>
>>_And/Or_
>>
>>cd to /etc/X11 and copy XF86Config-4 to XF86Config-4.bck then delete
>>XF86Config-4.  I believe XF86Config is a template and XF86Config-4 is 
>>the config file.  If memory serves me, this may force a reconfig of X.
>>
>>Sounds like your install of X might have abbended.  You might 
>>just try a 
>>re-install of Linux, reinstall X, and do not choose to boot 
>>to graphical 
>>mode (imho).
>>
>>Is this an old video card or a reasonably new one?  You might try 
>>skipping the auto-probe if you have an older graphics card.
>>
>>Also, if you decide to re-install and get the little mini-screen when 
>>you switch back out of video setup, you might try ctrl + alt 
>>+ + or - to 
>>see if you have any other available video modes to select from.
>>
>>E
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>>
>>pthurmond at kc.rr.com wrote:
>>
>>>So far none of these have allowed me to bring up the GUI, 
>>
>>or resolve my
>>
>>>problem. I appreciate your help though. The x86config 
>>
>>brought me to a
>>
>>>text base config tool, but it didn't fix my problem. The problem is
>>>when I was setting up the video during the install of RH8 when it
>>>switched back from the video test the setup screen was way 
>>
>>down in the
>>
>>>right hand corner and very unreadable. So I had to for a 
>>
>>reboot and now
>>
>>>it just throws up errors when I run startx.
>>>
>>>The error is as follows(Both errors contained in [ ]  brackets):
>>>[
>>>   Fatal server error:
>>>   no screens found
>>>]
>>>
>>>[
>>>   X10: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server
>>>":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
>>>]
>>>
>>>Hope this is helpful info.
>>>
>>>-Patrick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 01-31-2003 12:57 pm, Duane Attaway <dattaway at dattaway.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 pthurmond at kc.rr.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>He guys, I had a problem with loading RH8 and need to configure
>>>>
>>>some
>>>
>>>
>>>>>video settings so that I can load X Windows. But I don't remember
>>>>
>>>the
>>>
>>>
>>>>>command that brings up the GUI config utility that I would get
>>>>
>>>towards
>>>
>>>
>>>>>the end of the install of RH8. I have tried a few variations of
>>>>
>>>configx,
>>>
>>>
>>>>>xconfigure, etc. Any ideas???
>>>>
>>>>Xconfigurator if I remember correctly...
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Why drive a car when you can ride a bike?
>>>>http://attaway.net                 http://counter.li.org   user
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>>>#142150
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>majordomo at kclug.org
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