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[Geoffrey Derber <Geoffrey.Derber AT Trinity.edu>]

From the XF86Config man page:

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:

           /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


Me personally it's always been in /etc/X11/XF86Config.  I think one of 
the suggestions when first installing xfree86 was to run 'xf86config' 
which generates a XF86Config file, and places it in the /etc/X11/ location.

Geoff


Jeremy Kolb wrote:
> Looks like we need a standard place to put the config file then.  I 
> thought it was always in my /usr/lib/X11/whatever directory since my 
> first install.  I'm wondering how did people get it in other places? 
> shouldn't we have this in some standard way as not to confuse users?
>
> Jeremy
>
> Tony Smith wrote:
>
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> > See "man XF86Config"
> >
> > most distro's use /etc/X11/XF86Config as it's the first 
> > non-command-line-specific location that the XFree86 server searches.
> >
> > Tony.
> >
> > On Friday 25 October 2002 2:53 pm, Dufflebunk wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > It's in the /usr/lib/X11/ directory for me (or something like that).
> > >
> > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Jason Flatt wrote:
> > >
> > >   
> > >
> > > > On Thursday 24 October 2002 04:26 pm, Jeremy Kolb wrote:
> > > >     
> > > >
> > > > > hey all, I just noticed that in the last paragraph of the description
> > > > > for the truetype spell it mentions adding a line to 
> > > > > /etc/X11/XF86Config.
> > > > > the XF86Config file is not in the /etc/X11 directory. this should be
> > > > > changed as to not confuse the newbies. also in my xfree86 log file i
> > > > > always get a  "Could not init font path element
> > > > > /usr/share/fonts/truetype/, removing from list!"
> > > > >
> > > > > what's this mean? i have the appropriate lines in my XftConfig file 
> > > > > and
> > > > > XF86Config file and the fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/truetype. just
> > > > > curious.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jeremy
> > > > >       
> > > >
> > > > XF86Config is in my /etc/X11 directory.
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