Brian Lavender wrote:
>
>
> I installed XFree86 4.1.99 (cvs retrieve) on my laptop, and I have
> it working with a /etc/X11/XF86Config file. But before I installed,
> I rm -rf'ed /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6, so I wouldn't have to worry about
> conflicts with exhisting binaries.
>
> I have seen some people reference the file /etc/X11/XF86Config,
> and /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. I am assuming the "-4" file name is used by
> XFree86 4.x series, and the non "-4" is used by the 3.x series. If it is,
> is it automatic that XFree86 4.x will grab the "-4" file if it exhists?
>
XFree86 added /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and /etc/X11/XF86Config to the
XF86Config search path during the 4.x.x development. It will still use
/etc/XF86Config if that's all it can find (which was the default for
3.3.x versions.)
'man XF86Config' from a 4.x.x install will give you the full search
paths. ie: (from 4.0.2)
XFree86 uses a configuration file called XF86Config for
its initial setup. This configuration file is searched
for in the following places when the server is started as
a normal user:
/etc/X11/<cmdline>
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/<cmdline>
/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
/etc/X11/XF86Config
/etc/XF86Config
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
/usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config-4
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> Second, I noticed on my Redhat Linux 7.1 install that it installed
> both 4.0.3 and 3.3.6. Would I just change the symlink of
> /usr/X11R6/bin/X to point to the 4.0.3 version. I noticed
> that it was a symlink to Xwrapper which looked like C program.
> Is this a part of XFree86, or was it a part of Redhat.
>
> brian
> --
> Brian Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
Xwrapper was part of 3.3.x from XFree86. I believe Redhat felt that
similar functionality was useful for 4.x.x, but XFree86 didn't provide
it for those versions as far as I know. So I'd say it's part of Redhat
as of 4.x.x.
--
Kevin
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