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Date:      Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:34:45 -0500
From:      Chess Griffin <chess@chessgriffin.com>
To:        herbert langhans <herbert.raimund@gmx.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xorg default configuration location
Message-ID:  <20080205063445.75377658@bsdbob.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20080205075236.bf49173f.herbert.raimund@gmx.net>
References:  <20080204184748.GJ1422@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> <d7195cff0802042144l5abf0713j203d0895c794b71@mail.gmail.com> <20080205075236.bf49173f.herbert.raimund@gmx.net>

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On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:52:36 +0100
herbert langhans <herbert.raimund@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> I just checked on a clean bsd 6.3 and locate shows no xorg.conf.
> Maybe invoke:
> # xorgconfig
> and see where it dumps the file.
>=20
> Cheers
> herbs
>=20

As another poster mentioned, I think the whole idea behind Xorg 7.3 is
that there is _no_ xorg.conf by default and, often times, it is never
needed.  Xorg now tries to autodetect your hardware and configure a
working setup on the fly with no xorg.conf.  This autodetection usually
works well; if it doesn't, go through the traditional steps of creating
an xorg.conf manually and move it to /etc/X11.

So, on a clean install with Xorg 7.3 there will be no xorg.conf file
yet 'startx' might work in many cases due to this new autodetection and aut=
oconfiguration.


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Chess Griffin
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