xorg.conf question

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Derek Broughton wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 
>>>> The newer *buntus are using bulletproof X, which by default dos not
>>>> use xorg.conf.
>>> Not quite - it always uses xorg.conf, but by default there isn't much in
>>> there.
>>>
>> I meant that a new system has a blank xorg.conf. I should have worded
>> more carefully.
> 
> That's why I said "not quite" - I could see where you were heading...

I have noticed that if I remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf, a default xorg.conf
is used. That is what I think people mean that Ubuntu does not use
xorg.conf. It is true if one is thinking about /etc/X11/xorg.conf
specifically (*that* file doesn't need to to exists, so is not being
used), not true if on is thinking about the graphics on the display
(*some* xorg configuration must be used).

To get better a insight, try the following experiment:
1) With /etc/X11/xorg.conf, reboot the machine and check what you get in
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
2) Next, rename /etc/X11/xorg.conf to something else (to keep a backup)
so that there is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf anymore, and reboot the machine.
Check the xorg log again.

In the first case, one should find something like this in the logs:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

and in the second case on should find a corresponding line in the log
file stating that the default log file is being used.

Regards.


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