On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:45:28 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> On 08/19/12 15:01, Polytropon wrote:
> > On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:38:13 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> >> Combining a couple of responses into one to cut down traffic...
> >>
> >> On 08/19/12 11:51, Polytropon wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:4
would scan the whole (!) directory structure, beginning in /, to
> find a valid configuration file...
I assumed if no user directories were in the search path,
you would have to specify a complete path, not a relative one.
I never expected it to search all possible paths.
I was surprised to see that
n.
Primarily it is, but also about complexity. Imagine the X server
would scan the whole (!) directory structure, beginning in /, to
find a valid configuration file...
> On 08/19/12 12:38, Jeff Tipton wrote:
> > Gary, why do you need user-specific xorg.conf?
> > By default, there&
th only includes system directories, not user directories.
Again, I think that is for security reasons, but I'm not certain.
On 08/19/12 12:38, Jeff Tipton wrote:
> Gary, why do you need user-specific xorg.conf?
> By default, there's no xorg.conf file,
> so if you generate one and put i
not sure if xinit or startx honors this option
>> if you use them (to make use of ~/.xinitrc).
>>
>>
>>
>>> Am I missing something?
>>> Is this because of the security vulnerabilities in X?
>> A valid consideration. With a malfunctioning X server, you can
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012, Polytropon wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:44:15 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
In attempting to zero in on my system crash problem,
I need to customize xorg.conf.
As I read the documentation,
there is no way for an ordinary user to provide an xorg.conf;
Xorg looks for files in th
X server, you
can easily crash a system. That's why a user should not be
able to have access to such files.
Gary, why do you need user-specific xorg.conf? By default, there's no
xorg.conf file, so if you generate one and put it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf,
your file will be used instead of
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:44:15 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> In attempting to zero in on my system crash problem,
> I need to customize xorg.conf.
> As I read the documentation,
> there is no way for an ordinary user to provide an xorg.conf;
> Xorg looks for files in the normal server search path,
>
In attempting to zero in on my system crash problem,
I need to customize xorg.conf.
As I read the documentation,
there is no way for an ordinary user to provide an xorg.conf;
Xorg looks for files in the normal server search path,
which does not include any user directories --
unless the user is r
