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diff --git a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre index 84be12c8b..7941a470a 100644 --- a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre +++ b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/xorg.conf.man.pre @@ -2,27 +2,35 @@ .ds q \N'34' .TH __xconfigfile__ __filemansuffix__ __vendorversion__ .SH NAME -__xconfigfile__ \- configuration File for __xservername__ X server +__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ \- configuration files for +__xservername__ X server .SH INTRODUCTION .B __xservername__ supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and run-time parameters: command line options, environment variables, the -__xconfigfile__ configuration file, auto-detection, and fallback defaults. -When the same information is supplied in more than one way, the highest -precedence mechanism is used. The list of mechanisms is ordered from -highest precedence to lowest. Note that not all parameters can be -supplied via all methods. The available command line options and -environment variables (and some defaults) are described in the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) -and __xservername__(__appmansuffix__) manual pages. Most configuration file parameters, with -their defaults, are described below. Driver and module specific -configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver or module -manual page. +__xconfigfile__ and __xconfigdir__ configuration files, auto-detection, +and fallback defaults. When the same information is supplied in more +than one way, the highest precedence mechanism is used. The list of +mechanisms is ordered from highest precedence to lowest. Note that not +all parameters can be supplied via all methods. The available command +line options and environment variables (and some defaults) are +described in the Xserver(__appmansuffix__) and +__xservername__(__appmansuffix__) manual pages. Most configuration file +parameters, with their defaults, are described below. Driver and module +specific configuration parameters are described in the relevant driver +or module manual page. .SH DESCRIPTION .B __xservername__ uses a configuration file called .I __xconfigfile__ +and files ending in the suffix +.I .conf +from the directory +.I __xconfigdir__ for its initial setup. -This configuration file is searched for in the following places when the +The +.I __xconfigfile__ +configuration file is searched for in the following places when the server is started as a normal user: .PP .RS 4 @@ -93,9 +101,28 @@ directory), and is the machine's hostname as reported by .BR gethostname (__libmansuffix__). .PP +Additional configuration files are searched for in the following +directories: +.PP +.RS 4 +.nf +.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__\-4 +.I /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__ +.I /etc/__xconfigdir__ +.IR __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigdir__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigdir__\-4 +.I __projectroot__/etc/X11/__xconfigdir__ +.IR __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigdir__. <hostname> +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigdir__\-4 +.I __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigdir__ +.fi +.RE +.PP The .I __xconfigfile__ -file is composed of a number of sections which may be present in any order, +and +.I __xconfigdir__ +files are composed of a number of sections which may be present in any order, or omitted to use default configuration values. Each section has the form: .PP @@ -853,6 +880,11 @@ which are described here. See the individual input driver manual pages for a description of the device\-specific options. .TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qAutoServerLayout\*q \*q" boolean \*q +Always add the device to the ServerLayout section used by this instance of +the server. This affects implied layouts as well as explicit layouts +specified in the configuration and/or on the command line. +.TP 7 .BI "Option \*qCorePointer\*q" Deprecated, use .B SendCoreEvents |