retitle 260104 xfree86: too many config files affect the X server
reassign 260104 xfree86
tag 260104 + upstream
thanks

On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 02:57:29PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> Package: xserver-common
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
>   As an observation there are a lot of different places that the Xserver
> is configured and that this complicates the process of finding errors in
> the configuration - the ones I'm aware of are:
> 
>   /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>   /etc/X11/serverconfig

I'm not familiar with this one.

>   /etc/X11/xserver

This is a directory, not a file...at least on my system.

>   /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
> 
> and probably some to do with particular display managers as well.
> It seems to be that it would be nice to slim some of these down if
> possible.

Pretty difficult without deviating from upstream practice.

All config files should have manual pages.  If you identify any that don't,
please see if the bug has been reported, and file a report if it it has
not.

> Dave (having just helped someone with a DPI problem)

Are you aware of:

http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml#fontswrongsize

?

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