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Ive just installed arch in my new system, im flying through terminals, firefox tabs, etc...
But i have one question>
Where did xorg.conf go???
I cant find it, i even did a updatedb and locate xorg.conf and didnt find anything.
For what i can see in console (ALT+CTRL+F1) its loading something called "getconfig.pl", so i guess is a perl script in charge of autodetecting settings (as it launched my X with the correct drivers --nv-- and the correct resolution/refresh) although i like the autodetect funtionality, i would like to make my wheel mouse work (only thing the detect missed).
Leonardo Andrés Gallego
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/etc/X11/xorg.conf
If it doesn't exist, xorg will try to autodetect or uses default values for some stuff, so X can still run. You can create an xorg.conf using hwd.
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Thanks for the reply.
I knew its located by default in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but its missing. thats what confused me
I was looking for a clean xorg.conf, but not as clean as an empty file 8)
I will look at HWD. Isnt also a way to make the autodetection of Xorg be outputed to a file?
Thanks again!
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Yep...
# hwd -s
# cd /etc/X11
# rename xorg.conf.hwd xorg.conf xorg.conf.hwd
# xorgcfg -textmode
/*configure xorg.conf via xorgcfg*/
# nano -w xorg.conf
/*configure it some more*/
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well you use to be able to make a basic config file with X with the command configure -X or X -configure. then you just add your mode lines and mouse data. You could also use all of the traditional tools for configuring X and generating a config file.
I think there is a master root config file that gets used and that is your "autodetection"
never believed in using hwd or similar tools for such an easy task.
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Actually, i always did it manually, but if i have the chance on saving some minutes, using an app that does the work right (except for a few details, as the mouse wheel) i will give it a try. I like the idea of not having to enter every resolution mode i want...
The thing was, i didnt find the "default" file, and forgot about xorgconf actually, until now
Thanks all for the replies!.
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