On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, J. Michael Morse wrote:

> Okay - I've finally got the window manager (startx) working.  Howver,
> I don't know where (what directory) the XF86Config file is in.  This
> is all so confusing, this symbolic link stuff.  Unless I missed it
> (I'll double check) I could not find the config file in either the
> /usr/X11R6 or /usr/X11 directories.

Configuration files are (usually) stored in /etc .  There's a standard lay 
out for the filesystems called the File System Standard Hierarchy (FSSH) 
which distributions try to adhere to.  I can't remember off-hand the 
webpage for it, but you should find it easily by Google.

> 
> I have read this config file can be edited via a text editor (vi?) and
> changed to put in my graphics card information.  If I could just find
> the file . . .

Another command to try and find things on your system is "locate".  This 
depends on your distribution having an update-database and the command 
"updatedb", I don't know if SuSE includes these, but probably it does.

First, become root:

[moore]$ su root
Password:xxxxxxx

[root]# updatedb
(this step may take a few minutes depending on your harddrive speed and 
size).

[root]# exit
[moore]$ locate XF86Config

Anyway, it'll probably be in /etc/X11

You should look at the HOWTO's and FAQs at www.linuxdoc.org

Best wishes,
-Oisin


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