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Hello, world I've just been reading about Xconfig files and have found something on my system thats a bit weird.... I went into my /etc/X11 directory to have a look ...
  1. 03-07-2007 #1
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    X config files

    Hello, world

    I've just been reading about Xconfig files and have found something on my system thats a bit weird....

    I went into my /etc/X11 directory to have a look at xorg.conf and noticed another file....
    XF86Config?!?

    I thought that i would only have one of these files not both!

    Any idea why this is??
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    Yes you'r right you should have or xorg or XFree installed in your system,go to YaST and see if XFree is installed i guess you have SuSE 10.0 ? and this distribution comes with xorg.
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    Question its a mystery

    yeah... i had a rummage with YAST looking for anything xfree86 related but turned up nothing. I should be totally xorg'ed.

    I'm aware that some of xorg is based on older xfree86 's. Is this some kind remnant??

    Bit weird if it is !!



    oh ...yeah, i'm runnig SuSe 10.0
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    the xfree86 file is a sym link to xorg.conf. It is there for compatablity reasons with older software. There is only one file but it has two refernces (names)
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    Talking

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    thanks gogalthorp! Its all so clear now

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