X Windows Config

[Jeremy Fowler]

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Manpage for XF86Config

XF86Config - Configuration File for XFree86DESCRIPTIONXFree86 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:

/etc/X11/<cmdline>
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/<cmdline>
/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
/etc/X11/XF86Config
/etc/XF86Config
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config-4
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config

 where <cmdline> is a relative path (with no ".." components) specified with
the -xf86config command line option, $XF86CONFIG is the relative path (with no
".." components) specified by that environment variable, and <hostname> is the
machines hostname as reported by gethostname(3).

 When the X server is started by the "root" user, the config file search
locations are as follows:

<cmdline>
/etc/X11/<cmdline>
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/<cmdline>
$XF86CONFIG
/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
$HOME/XF86Config
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
/etc/X11/XF86Config
/etc/XF86Config
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config-4
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config

 where <cmdline> is the path specified with the -xf86config command line option
(which may be absolute or relative), $XF86CONFIG is the path specified by that
environment variable (absolute or relative), $HOME is the path specified by that
environment variable (usually the home directory), and <hostname> is the
machines hostname as reported by gethostname(3).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Brian Densmore
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:37 PM
> To: Eric R.; pthurmond at kc.rr.com
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: RE: X Windows Config
>
>
> 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.
>
> > -----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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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...
> > >>
> > >>--
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> > >
> > > #142150
> > >
> > >
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