On Thursday 20 April 2006 16:27, you wrote: > > If I remember correctly (I hope I do, but I'm not quite sure), the > file /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc, which startx uses, contained the > following command in woody and sarge: > > exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp > > Perhaps this has changed in Xorg 7.x?
Good eye! Looks like it has. That file doesn't exist on the machine in question, but it still exists on my machine which I haven't yet updated (and does indeed include the switch mentioned). Also, according to a search at packages.debian.org http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=xserverrc&searchmode=searchfiles&case=insensitive&version=unstable&arch=i386 the file xserverrc doesn't exist in any packages in Sid. xbase-clients (from which that file originates in Sarge and Etch) no longer contains that file, and I have no idea what might 'replace' it nor am I familiar enough yet with all the new Xorg things to figure how to mimic it's previous behavior short of having to add the switch manually to the startx command - every time I use it. > I remember previously having to remove the "-dpi 100" manually, > because I wanted to specify the actual resolution in the configuration > file. I never understood why the Debian default setting was to > override anything specified in the server configuration file, so if > this default command-line argument was removed in Xorg 7, I'm > personally quite happy with the change. However, perhaps it should be > documented, e.g., in the NEWS file? (I don't know if it already is, I > haven't looked at the 7.x packages yet.) I just did, and I saw no mention of the changed/missing xserverrc file in any of the changelog/NEWS files for xserver-xorg, xserver-xorg-core, or xbase-clients > Another possibility would be to ask for the resolution when the X > packages are configured, and write this out to the auto-generated X > server configuration file. I'd agree, that would probably be well fitted to the "advanced" options during the initial and reconfiguring. > I think the proper place to configure the resolution should be the > server configuration file, since that contains all the other > information about the monitor (such as the supported frequencies, if > they are not autodetected), and since (I think) the server > command-line arguments need to be specified in multiple files (at > least previously, xserverrc applied only to startx and, for example, > xdm had its own configuration file where the server command-line > options could be specified - I don't know if this has changed > recently). Nor do I. ...Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
