On 8 Aug 2002, Mike Manchester wrote:
> I know that the old version of XFree86 used XF86Config and the new
> version uses XF86Config-4. But why is there both in the X11 dir and
> which should I be changing? Does XFree86 first load the XF86Config and
> then the XF86Config-4? I couldn't find an explanation in the docs. Also
> If I have X working with the older 3.3 or 4.0 can I use the XF86Config
> file for it for the new XF86 and should it work if it worked with 3.3 or
> 4.0?
XFree86 4 will load the XF86Config-4 first and the XF86Config second
if XF86Config-4 does not exist. This was done so XFree86 3 and XFree86 4
servers could exist on the same machine. XFree86 4 cannot read XFree86
3 config files. 4.2 should be able to read a 4.0 config file.
Mark.
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