Bug 6915

Summary:	xorg.conf search path
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	optiluca
Component:	Server/General	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	high
Version:	7.0.0
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description optiluca 2006-05-14 19:56:01 UTC

xorg.conf is looked for in / before /etc/X11/xorg.conf...

Don't think it's supposed to happen

Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2006-05-16 04:00:51 UTC

that's certainly the documented behaviour when the server is started as root. 
see the xorg.conf man page for details.

Comment 2 Phil Richards 2006-06-06 21:39:48 UTC

Well, from my xorg.conf man page, I have to disagree with you.

       When  the  Xorg  server  is started by the "root" user, the config file
       search locations are as follows:

           <cmdline>
           /etc/X11/<cmdline>
           /usr/etc/X11/<cmdline>
           $XORGCONFIG
           /etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
           /usr/etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
           $HOME/xorg.conf
           /etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
           /etc/X11/xorg.conf
           /etc/xorg.conf
           /usr/etc/X11/xorg.conf.<hostname>
           /usr/etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
           /usr/etc/X11/xorg.conf
           /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.<hostname>
           /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf-4
           /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf


The current xorg-server (1.1.0) is also looking in $HOME (for root) before
/etc/X11/xorg.conf, which is - according to the manpage - wrong.

Phil

Comment 3 Michel Dänzer 2006-06-06 23:33:50 UTC

Maybe it's the

$XORGCONFIG

case, if the X server's current directory is / ?

Comment 4 Alan Coopersmith 2006-06-07 07:32:43 UTC

Go back and read carefully the list you pasted in:

           /usr/etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
 >>>>>     $HOME/xorg.conf
           /etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
           /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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