Thank you Lionel, One learns every day, Yes of course one can soft link any one file name to the XF86Config or initxrc. So from now on I accept -4 .old or what ever. But wouldn't it have been easier if we kept to a standard name ? Not your problem though. Thanks for the RH information.
A Happy New Year. Hans. _______________________________________________________________________ At 15:18 26/12/02 -0800, you wrote: >Hans, >in the RH world (and possibly elsewhere) *possibly in the newer versions only if >one's graphic >adapter is not that new...* one gets both X 4.x.x and X 3.3.6 as well as two Config >files >XF86Config and XF86Config-4 the former for 3.3.6 the later for 4.x.x. In such a case, >X is a >symlink to either XFree86 (X 4.x.x) or XF86_whatever ( X 3.3.6, whatever being often >SVGA). >Lionel > >--- Hans Borg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Can this cast some light on XF86Config. To my knowledge, startx or xdm >> as a basis via start up scripts is using XFree86 (where ever it sits) only. >> Any variants like XFree86-4, XFree86.old, .. saved or what ever are just >> backups. >> >> Ensure that your XF86Config is tailored to your linking. >> >> >> Hans. > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >Newbie mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
