From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 20:59:48 2005 Return-Path: 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 C142C16A42B for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:59:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F21C743D45 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:59:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id jAAKxlEL009758 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:59:47 -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 jAAKxjfw021409 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:59:47 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <31a749ec0511101249s6062da57ibb9e3562328e264@mail.gmail.com> References: <5541566F-7999-4AB2-9761-CF85878CF4A8@u.washington.edu> <31a749ec0511101249s6062da57ibb9e3562328e264@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2BE5C262-12A1-4941-92F5-76262B0EF371@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:59:44 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:59:48 -0000 On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:49 PM, Alex Kelly wrote: > On 11/10/05, Garrett Cooper wrote: >> On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:06 PM, Alex Kelly wrote: >> >> >>> On 11/10/05, Alex Zbyslaw 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 > > one should also know that after executing "Xorg -configure", the > generated conf file is in /root and not in either /usr/local/etc or > /etc - it is manually copied to /etc/X11 later. > > so find /usr/local/etc /etc -name "BLAH.conf" is quicker, but will > miss the file Ah... I see. Well, the files are almost always placed in /root or ~/ it seems when configuring items. Just make sure to search for hidden files. -Garrett