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Re: Where is xorg.conf?



On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:04:40AM -0400, Alan McConnell wrote:
> This file used to be called XFree-11-86.conf or some such, way
> back when.  In my  'etch' it was xorg.conf and was in /etc/X11.
> 
> I have just installed 'squeeze' and it works great.  But I'd
> like to enable "Emulate3Buttons" on my mouse.   I've looked for xorg.conf
> in a bunch of places.  It isn't in /etc/X11, nor is anything
> similar there, as far as I can tell.
> 
> Has this file been renamed?   how does one configure X11 these
> days?

The file hasn't been renamed, it's just that X does a lot of
auto-configuration these days and, by default, there's no need for a
configuration file. You can go ahead and create /etc/X11/xorg.conf,
though and it'll override the auto-detected defaults.

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