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Re: Using an alternate XF86Config-4 file



on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:40:07PM -0500, Stephen Boulet (spboulet@speakeasy.net) wrote:
> How do I tell X to use a config file other than /etc/X11/XFree86-4?

From the XFree86(1) man page:

    -xf86config file
	   Read  the  server  configuration  from file.  This option
	   will work for any file when the  server  is run  as  root
	   (i.e, with real-uid 0), or for files relative to a directory
	   in the config search  path for all other users.

This can be specified with startx:

    startx <client options> -- -xf86config <file> <server options>

man startx for more information on startx options.


For use with an X display manager (xdm, wdm, kdm, gdm), modify the
arguments for the appropriate display values in /etc/[xwdkg]dm/Xservers

Cheers.

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