Where are the Xorg config files ?

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Thursday, 24 February 2005 at 22:59:54 +0100, Edward Lichtner wrote:
> Hi all,
> I installed FreeBSD 5.3 along with Xorg 6.7.0-9 and KDE 3.3.0-4. I started
> KDE by creating an .xinitrc file in my home directory containing the line :
> exec startkde
> I then run startx and KDE starts up and works fine.
> However, there is no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 or in /usr/X11R6/etc/X11,
> and a ³find² search reveals no xorg.conf file anywhere. Since KDE seems to
> work out of the box, I assume there is a config file that has been generated
> for Xorg somewhere.
> Any idea where I can find it ?

Look in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  You should see something like:

  Release Date: 18 December 2003
  X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
  Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.2 i386 [ELF] 
  Current Operating System: FreeBSD wantadilla.lemis.com 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #1: Tue Jul 20 09:24:15 CST 2004     grog at kondoparinga.lemis.com:/usr/obj/src/FreeBSD/WANTADILLA/src/sys/WANTADILLA i386
  Build Date: 20 July 2004
  	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
  	to make sure that you have the latest version.
  Module Loader present
  Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
  	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
  	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
  (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Dec 24 18:25:30 2004
  (==) Using config file: "/etc/XF86Config"

(etc).  You'll note in this case that it fell back to the XF86Config.
This may be what's happening to you.

Greg
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