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   Joseph Rosevear to John Forkosh   
   Re: configure X   
   05 May 25 06:35:36   
   
   From: Mail@JoesLife.org   
      
   On Sun, 4 May 2025 13:55:47 -0000 (UTC), John Forkosh wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   > Actually, you have a directory /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/   
   > And you probably have a default file there named 10-libvnc.conf that's   
   > entirely comments. You can put your own files there, too, starting with   
   > two digits and a dash, and startx will execute all those files in   
   > numerical order.   
      
   Right!  I didn't notice it was a directory.  Mine is empty.  I didn't   
   know about putting files in it that would execute--in order.   
      
   > I have just one extra file there called 11-monitor.conf containing just   
   >   Section "Monitor"   
   >       Identifier "HDMI-1"   
   >   ### Option "PreferredMode" "2048x1152"   
   >       Option "PreferredMode" "3840x2160"   
   >   EndSection   
   > to increase the default resolution (commented as "2048x1152")   
   > on my connected HDMI-1 that startx starts up with. (Run xrandr with no   
   > args to see all that stuff.)   
   >   
   > And you can have lots of different kinds of Section blocks,   
   > each with lots of different commands, allowing you to configure just   
   > about anything X-related. And there's a whole bunch of documentation   
   > about all that, but I'm not recalling where it is. Somebody want to   
   > remind us about that?...   
      
   -Joe   
      
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