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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:06:55 -0500
From: Alex Kelly <aekelly@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: xorg.conf
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On 11/10/05, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> Alex Kelly wrote:
>
> >if you're just interested in seeing if it's there, try this:
> >
> >find / -name "xorg.conf"
> >
> >
> Try:
>
>    locate xorg.conf
>
> first.  Much quicker.  If that doesn't find anything then try find, but
> with huge disks searching everywhere would take, well, a while.
>
> --Alex

this is true and a good tip. it is quicker. however, xorg.conf could
have been created before his locate database was recomputed to include
it. figured i'd cover all his bases.