I already solved my problem. The thing was that I was writing on the XF86Config instead of the XF86Config-4
thanks Daniel Provin Lixux User #191271 EEL LABMETRO UFSC On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 01:24 PM 9/25/02 -0300, you wrote: > >Hi there > > > >Is there any program that usualy change the XF86Config file? > >cause everytime I change my XF86Config and start X it go back to the > >original > > > Depends a bit on the distro, but I can't think of any common app that would > rewrite XF86Config *every* time you start X. > > Perhaps you'd benefit from telling us the details? > > 1. What distro and version? > > 2. How do you start X? (startx, xdm, something else)? > > 3. What version of X? (At least on some distros, X 4.x.x uses a config file > called XF86Config-4, not the older XF86Config used with X 3.x.x. Might you > be editing the wrong file?) > > 4. What changes are you making (or trying to make)? Might you be making a > change that does not work? And how are you making the changes -- editing > XF86Config in vi, using xf86config, something else? > > 5. Exactly what do you mean by "it go back to the original"? Examples of > what you *might* mean are: > > A. the changes in XF86Config do not show up in the way X starts. > B. after starting X, you open XF86Config again, and the changes > you made are lost. > C. The same as B, plus the XF86Config file has an old timestamp, > not a recent one. > > In cases B and C, if you edit the XF86Config file, save it, close your > editor, restart your editor, and open XF86Config again (without starting X > in the meantime), do you see the changes you made? > > > -- > -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------- > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo > Palo Alto, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
