Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:01:27 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Edward Lichtner <lichtner@9online.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where are the Xorg config files ? Message-ID: <20050224233127.GP36248@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <BE440CEA.22C6%lichtner@9online.fr> References: <BE440CEA.22C6%lichtner@9online.fr>
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--ZIEl/wF0/VSlIdtv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday, 24 February 2005 at 22:59:54 +0100, Edward Lichtner wrote: > Hi all, > I installed FreeBSD 5.3 along with Xorg 6.7.0-9 and KDE 3.3.0-4. I started > KDE by creating an .xinitrc file in my home directory containing the line= : > exec startkde > I then run startx and KDE starts up and works fine. > However, there is no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 or in /usr/X11R6/etc/X11, > and a =B3find=B2 search reveals no xorg.conf file anywhere. Since KDE see= ms to > work out of the box, I assume there is a config file that has been genera= ted > for Xorg somewhere. > Any idea where I can find it ? Look in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log. You should see something like: Release Date: 18 December 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.2 i386 [ELF]=20 Current Operating System: FreeBSD wantadilla.lemis.com 5.2-CURRENT FreeBS= D 5.2-CURRENT #1: Tue Jul 20 09:24:15 CST 2004 grog@kondoparinga.lemis.= com:/usr/obj/src/FreeBSD/WANTADILLA/src/sys/WANTADILLA i386 Build Date: 20 July 2004 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (=3D=3D) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (=3D=3D) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Dec 24 18:25:30 2004 (=3D=3D) Using config file: "/etc/XF86Config" (etc). You'll note in this case that it fell back to the XF86Config. This may be what's happening to you. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --ZIEl/wF0/VSlIdtv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCHmPPIubykFB6QiMRAgLNAJ0S1q7yoRx7qXB/NICkRM/9V/AIoACff1D8 Z4eFViE2lfCOPc2Vked+I0E= =i6y/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZIEl/wF0/VSlIdtv--
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