My understanding is that X searches the path given in xorg.conf
irregardless of who starts it but I may be wrong. I use xdm, not gdm.
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, George Roberts wrote:
Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
Check man xorg.conf and it will give you the locations searched for
xorg.conf.
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, George Roberts wrote:
> I have noticed in the last couple days that rolling the wheel on my
> mouse is
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> I was under the impression that the folder /etc/X11is the folder only
> scanned and used. That is why I put the backup copy there. My question
> Thanks
>
>
Thanks, it seems the system searchs farther than I understood. Based on what
I have read on gdm, the X server is started by a non-privliged user, to avoid
possiblities of exploition of the system via the login area. If this is in
fact true then the search for the xorg.conf file would be limited to the /usr
or /etc folders, not the / folder.
Does there need to be an update to the man file, or is this a undocumented
feature?
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