From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DxcfJ-0003iQ-Dp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 03:33:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6R3W0is024265; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 03:32:00 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.201]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6R3STs7025699 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 03:28:29 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id v1so60848nzb for ; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:28:43 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=IZGUiiURKKmP5J7bYa679guQJT77gAGHTzpc7+hXkLCqyBAOClRF2doiVzNoAhDuqFrs8u8DJj68AYcMkbfKzqq7zqqRSJgIlolGwugDWTn6XisvEtpawSwBI9Zm2rvtEiJf0d4XsKLGi6jhMJ/9BdD0yMXW0W3RB3pJ2Z3K9lc= Received: by 10.36.90.6 with SMTP id n6mr395348nzb; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:28:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.40? ([69.146.56.6]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 19sm578648nzp.2005.07.26.20.28.42; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:28:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <42E6FF69.7070003@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:28:41 -0600 From: George Roberts User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050724) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I thought /etc/X11/xorg.conf was set in stone References: <42E6CD33.6010100@gmail.com> <42E6DC3D.20409@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 529c1260-e4da-4cca-bbf7-e097555c688f X-Archives-Hash: 9b54dde1c3e932d64a467d55f9b0c6fc 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? >> > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list