Re: Re: [gentoo-user] I thought /etc/X11/xorg.conf was set in stone

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] I thought /etc/X11/xorg.conf was set in stone

[brettholcomb]

That's good to know.  I had missed that part of it.  So far it just worked <G>.

> 
> From: George Roberts <georoberts@gmail.com>
> Date: 2005/07/26 Tue PM 11:28:41 EDT
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I thought /etc/X11/xorg.conf was set in stone
> 
> According to the man xorg.conf the search paths are different depending 
> who is starting X.  If X is started by a user the search paths are not 
> as extensive as if X is started by root.  If root was the one to start X 
> then it could be able to pick up the xorg.conf I had stashed in the / 
> folder.
> The sudden switch from my /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /xorg.conf is what 
> triggered my confusion.
> 
> 
> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> 
> > My understanding is that X searches the path given in xorg.conf 
> > irregardless of who starts it but I may be wrong.  I use xdm, not gdm.
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, George Roberts wrote:
> >
> >> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> >>
> >>>  Check man xorg.conf and it will give you the locations searched for 
> >>>  xorg.conf.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, George Roberts wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >  I have noticed in the last couple days that rolling the wheel on 
> >>> my >  mouse is
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Snip
> >>>
> >>> >  I was under the impression that the folder /etc/X11is the folder 
> >>> only >  scanned and used.  That is why I put the backup copy there.  
> >>> My question
> >>
> >
> >>> >  Thanks
> >>> > >
> >>
> >> Thanks, it seems the system searchs farther than I understood.  Based 
> >> on what I have read on gdm, the X server is started by a 
> >> non-privliged user, to avoid possiblities of exploition of the system 
> >> via the login area.  If this is in fact true then the search for the 
> >> xorg.conf file would be limited to the /usr or /etc folders, not the 
> >> / folder.
> >> Does there need to be an update to the man file, or is this a 
> >> undocumented feature?
> >>
> >
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