On 04/02/2017 09:40 AM, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 23:35:59 -0500, Dale wrote: >> >>>> You do sometimes need some custom settings though. This goes in >>>> seperate *.conf files now, which must be inside the >>>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. Some packages can place a config file >>>> there automatically. >> Packages shouldn't do that, /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d is for local >> configuration files. Packages are supposed to use >> /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d > > According to this, nothing put it there. I know I didn't put it there. > > > root@fireball / # equery b /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20opengl.conf > * Searching for /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20opengl.conf ... > root@fireball / # > > > Makes one wonder, where did that come from? >
It is automatically generated by eselect-opengl, which means it does need to be in /etc. It is used to tell Xorg which OpenGL libraries to use, so that it doesn't have to make a bunch of symlinks in /usr anymore. If you aren't using proprietary xorg drivers, then it doesn't actually change any settings. -- Jonathan Callen
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