Subject: Re: Xautoconfig on boot
From: Bill Fink (billfink@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2001 - 19:44:24 MDT
On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> on 14/10/01 11:03 PM, Bill Fink at billfink@mindspring.com wrote:
> >
> > I personally find this extremely vile. I don't think Xautoconfig
> > should ever be run automatically at boot time. I always keep a
> > backup copy of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 just in case the system does
> > something stupid like this.
>
> The problem is that when you boot using offb, you cannot change the color
> depth or the resolution of your screen. X, as configured by XF86Config, is
> almost guaranteed to try to change these settings, and when that fails it
> will exit with the uninformative "No screens found" error message.
>
> Xautoconfig (run only under offb) saves us here - it changes your XF86Config
> so that it exactly matches your current resolution/color depth, so X works!
>
> I do think backing up the old (non-offb) XF86Config is an extremely good
> idea, but don't be so quick to criticize Xautoconfig... :)
Hi Hollis,
Hmmm. Is there any simple way the script could check if the previous
XF86Config was a non-offb one, and if so, make a backup copy for the
user?
-Bill
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