Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:21:06 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xorg.conf Message-ID: <5541566F-7999-4AB2-9761-CF85878CF4A8@u.washington.edu>
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On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:06 PM, Alex Kelly wrote: > 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. > Even quicker method (as compared to refreshing a locate database) for searching for a .conf file... find /usr/local/etc /etc -name "BLAH.conf" One should know that almost all conf files are located in /usr/local/ etc or /etc in FreeBSD. -Garrett
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