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   On Sun, 4 May 2025 08:44:19 +0200, Marco Moock wrote:   
      
   > On 04.05.2025 00:44 Uhr Joseph Rosevear wrote:   
   >   
   >> I have not had a need to configure X for a long time--probably several   
   >> years.  But today I was reviewing some old code and notes, and they   
   >> inspired me to try.   
   >>   
   >> My notes described a command, /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig, but it is   
   >> gone. In the same directory is the Slackware tool, xorgsetup, but it   
   >> didn't work.  It produced a screenful of gibberish.   
   >   
   > xorg is normally configured by xorg.conf and the files in xorg.conf.d,   
   > both in /etc/X11. Is there a reason not to use them?   
      
   Much thanks!  Yes, I have a file xorg.conf.d, although I didn't make it.   
   It was produced by or included with Slackware, it seems.  The file   
   xorg.conf was absent.  See my other post.   
      
   >> I'm guessing what happened is that X no longer needs, or allows,   
   >> configuring, and the Slackware tool remains for the benefit of users   
   >> with older machines.   
   >   
   > X11 can still be configured, but many stuff can also be done with   
   > commands or the desktop environment, if you run one.   
   >   
   >> What do you, my fellow Slackers, make of this?   
   >   
   > What do you want to exactly configure?   
      
   I have some old xorg.conf files, but none of them worked.  I'm trying to   
   resurrect an old script I wrote which allows one to boot a Slackware   
   system on a flash drive on different machines, providing a box name as a   
   boot parameter.  The code reads the box name and finds and uses   
   corresponding rc.inet1.conf and xorg.conf files.   
      
   -Joe   
      
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