From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Nov 10 20:21:07 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99D7B16A41F
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:21:07 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu)
Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu
	[140.142.32.134])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47A8A43D46
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:21:07 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu)
Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9])
	by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP
	id jAAKL6LB008747
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK)
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:21:06 -0800
X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.4.22] (shiina.dyn.cs.washington.edu
	[128.208.4.22]) (authenticated authid=youshi10)
	by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id
	jAAKKJYi012506
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT)
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:21:06 -0800
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2)
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-Id: <5541566F-7999-4AB2-9761-CF85878CF4A8@u.washington.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:21:06 -0800
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2)
X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0,
	__CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0,
	__MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0'
Subject: Re: xorg.conf
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:21:07 -0000

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