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   Marco Moock to All   
   Re: configure X   
   04 May 25 08:44:19   
   
   From: mm@dorfdsl.de   
      
   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?   
      
   > 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?   
      
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   Marco   
      
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