too much stuff solved

[Karl Larsen]

Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote:
> Karl Larsen writes:
>
>   
>>     I have looked at my /etc/X11/ directory and it is full of strange 
>> things:
>>     
>
>   
>> root at karl-desktop:/etc/X11# ls
>> app-defaults             X                   xorg.conf.nvidia  
>> Xsession.options
>> cursors                  xinit               Xresources        XvMCConfig
>> default-display-manager  xkb                 xserver           
>> Xwrapper.config
>> fonts                    xorg.conf           Xsession
>> rgb.txt                  xorg.conf.failsafe  Xsession.d
>>     
>
>   
>> I know xorg.conf is the file read but what do all the others do? Is 
>> there a place to read about this?
>>     
>
> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#ETCX11CONFIGURATIONFORTHEXWINDOWS
>
> You can also check the manpages of the following packages which
> potentially have configuration files in /etc/X11:
>
> $ dpkg -S /etc/X11
> xload, xfontsel, editres, xkbutils, xrgb, xfd, beforelight, xclock, oclock, xfonts-base, xmessage, xfonts-scalable, xconsole, xfonts-100dpi, gnome-session, x11-common, xfonts-75dpi, xsm, xgc, tetex-base, xmore, xterm, dbus, xvidtune, xman, xmag, xditview, bitmap, xinit, gdm, xscreensaver-data, xcalc, xcursor-themes, xlockmore, viewres, xclipboard, xlogo, imake, xkeyboard-config: /etc/X11
>
> HTH,
>
>   
    Thank you very much! My list is shorter than yours:

karl at karl-desktop:~$ dpkg -S /etc/X11
xclock, oclock, dbus-x11, xload, xscreensaver-gl, xfontsel, editres, 
xkbutils, scim, xrgb, xfd, beforelight, xfonts-scalable, xconsole, 
xfonts-100dpi, gnome-session, x11-common, xfonts-75dpi, xkb-data, 
xdg-user-dirs, xsm, xgc, xterm, libxvmc1, xvidtune, xman, xmag, 
xditview, bitmap, xinit, xfonts-base, xmessage, gdm, xscreensaver-data, 
xcalc, xcursor-themes, xawtv, viewres, xclipboard, xlogo, 
xserver-xorg-core, xmore: /etc/X11

But it makes clear that most of the things have nothing to do with X11 
but are just stored there so they are available when /usr is not yet 
available. Xclock and oclock do get used early in the init system.


Karl


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