which file in /home affects xorg.conf?

[Wade Smart]

Great, thanks Siggy :D
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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 18:37, Siggy Brentrup<ubuntu at psycho.i21k.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 18:11 -0500, Wade Smart wrote:
>> Yea, I tried that. It only shows the resolution that I have now.
>>
>> I also ran the xorg configuration: sodu dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>> but it didnt change anything.
>
> If you want to know which files are modified by a GUI, here's
> a neat little CLI trick:
>
> % touch stamp               # this creates a mark you'll use l8er
>
> Do sth with the GUI that guarantees a yet unknown file is written.
>
> % find ~ -newer stamp | xargs file
>
> There will be some noise in the result because of some daemons running
> concurrently, that's why I look for the file type.  Use common sense
> to find out which file your GUI changed.
>
> Regs
>  Siggy
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