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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?              --       kind regards       Marco              Send spam to 1746312242muell@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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