Where is my xorg.conf?

blix88 · 2007-11-19 23:14:36

Yeah, its a n00b question. One that is easily googled. But here is the catch...

1. The file is not under /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
2. I did 'find / -name xorg.conf' as root, no results.

I login as my user and run startxfce4. Which runs and loads up perfectly. I loaded the intel video drivers for my card, got compiz-fusion up and running. The reason i need to edit the file is to get direct rendering support. So i went to open my xorg.conf file and couldn't find the damn thing. If i put an xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 it will take priority over the current config. But where is it pulling the settings if there is no xorg.conf file on the system?

Thanks for the help.

Tim

Misfit138 · 2007-11-19 23:24:46

From the Beginner's Guide:

"By default, you will not have an Xorg config file, and with the newest versions of Xorg, you don't need one if the autodetection works satisfactorily and you don't need to turn on features such as aiglx and so on. Most people will still find that they need to generate a config file, however."

Check out the wiki for generating an xorg.conf.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg

Last edited by Misfit138 (2007-11-19 23:26:27)

dunc · 2007-11-19 23:26:44

As I discovered recently (it may be a new feature), X uses a default setup if there's no xorg.conf. So if you want to edit any settings you'll have to create a real xorg.conf. Don't panic, though: when it doesn't find a real one, it writes the settings it's about to try to the logfile. So just take a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log and cut and paste from there. It should be obvious what part to take. The logfile is pretty verbose.

Or there's the proper method in the wiki. You got in before me, Misfit138.

Last edited by dunc (2007-11-19 23:28:06)

blix88 · 2007-11-20 15:04:34

Thanks guys.

Arch Linux

#1 2007-11-19 23:14:36

Where is my xorg.conf?

#2 2007-11-19 23:24:46

Re: Where is my xorg.conf?

#3 2007-11-19 23:26:44

Re: Where is my xorg.conf?

#4 2007-11-20 15:04:34

Re: Where is my xorg.conf?

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