> On debian-user someone suggested that this is configured in
> /etc/X11/Xserver, but I believe that that file is obsoleted: it is not in
> my new install, `dpkg -S` doesn't know about it (apparently on my old
> installation it is a relict of a previous Debian version), and I cannot
> find it documented anyways. Note that this file used to contain the name
> of the actual X server, but apparently that has been replaced by an
> old-fashiond symlink.
>
steven@broken:~$ cat /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
allowed_users=console
nice_value=-10
> So I like to know exactly how the various X components are put together
> and configured in current Debian systems. Is that documented
> somewhere? What I do find are release notes and generic X stuff that
> apparently does not relate well to how the Debian system actually is put
> together.
> * What is the preferred way of starting X?
Whichever way _you_ like, pick your poison.
> * What is the proper sequence of events?
> * What exactly are the executables, scripts, and config files that are
> used, and where are they supposed to live?
> * How and where is all that configured:
> - X server
> - access (mortals must be able to run X, not just root or gdm!)
> - programs to start (desktop manager, window manager, application
> launcher, initial programs)
> - X defaults.
>
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Steve
Q: What's tiny and yellow and very, very, dangerous?
A: A canary with the super-user password.
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