From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 07:28:50 2005 Return-Path: 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 E8A1A16A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:28:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3369F43D5A for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:28:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 5CCA38565C; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:58:46 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:58:46 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20050225072846.GU36248@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20050224233127.GP36248@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20050225062652.GA6912@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="k8YaXj956qNxBs/V" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050225062652.GA6912@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: Edward Lichtner cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where are the Xorg config files ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:28:51 -0000 --k8YaXj956qNxBs/V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday, 24 February 2005 at 22:26:52 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 10:01:27AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Thursday, 24 February 2005 at 22:59:54 +0100, Edward Lichtner wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> I installed FreeBSD 5.3 along with Xorg 6.7.0-9 and KDE 3.3.0-4. I star= ted >>> KDE by creating an .xinitrc file in my home directory containing the li= ne : >>> exec startkde >>> I then run startx and KDE starts up and works fine. >>> However, there is no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 or in /usr/X11R6/etc/X1= 1, >>> and a =B3find=B2 search reveals no xorg.conf file anywhere. Since KDE s= eems to >>> work out of the box, I assume there is a config file that has been gene= rated >>> for Xorg somewhere. >>> Any idea where I can find it ? >> >> Look in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log. You should see something like: >> >> ... >> (=3D=3D) Using config file: "/etc/XF86Config" >> >> (etc). You'll note in this case that it fell back to the XF86Config. >> This may be what's happening to you. > > You gave me a clue, but looking ikn in log at my Xorg.0.log > file, doesn't help me much. It helps me a lot: > (EE) Unable to locate/open config file > ... > (=3D=3D) Using default built-in configuration (53 lines) > (=3D=3D) --- Start of built-in configuration --- > Section "Module" You need to look at this config file.=20 > xdm only works without any config file. It works at 1600x1200 but > everything quivers, so my guess is that I'm driving the tube to its > max. Or beyond. Possibly. > Any idea how I can get xorg.conf that runs things at > 1280x1024? I've tried xorgcfg so far without success. What happened when you tried? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --k8YaXj956qNxBs/V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCHtOuIubykFB6QiMRAijHAKCMqDqMc0QsJKLLpRkbmIvNLQukugCgo+4h n0JS6o1UvHogDYKoaMCscIg= =wZij -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k8YaXj956qNxBs/V--