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Diffstat (limited to 'hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre')
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diff --git a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre index bb5a14fb9..46d0e4468 100644 --- a/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre +++ b/hw/xfree86/doc/man/Xorg.man.pre @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ script. .B __xservername__ supports several mechanisms for supplying/obtaining configuration and run-time parameters: command line options, environment variables, the -__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) configuration file, auto-detection, and +__xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) 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 @@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ This option will work for any file when the server is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0), or for files relative to a directory in the config search path for all other users. .TP 8 +.BI \-configdir " directory" +Read the server configuration files from +.IR directory . +This option will work for any directory when the server is run as root +(i.e, with real-uid 0), or for directories relative to a directory in the +config directory search path for all other users. +.TP 8 .B \-configure When this option is specified, the .B __xservername__ @@ -456,6 +463,10 @@ __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) file option. .B __xservername__ typically uses a configuration file called .B __xconfigfile__ +and configuration files with the suffix +.I .conf +in a directory called +.B __xconfigdir__ for its initial setup. Refer to the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page for information about the format of this file. @@ -464,7 +475,9 @@ about the format of this file. has a mechanism for automatically generating a built-in configuration at run-time when no .B __xconfigfile__ -file is present. The current version of this automatic configuration +file or +.B __xconfigdir__ +files are present. The current version of this automatic configuration mechanism works in two ways. .PP The first is via enhancements that have made many components of the @@ -486,7 +499,7 @@ supported by __xservername__. Enhancements are planned for future releases. .SH FILES The .B __xservername__ -server config file can be found in a range of locations. These are +server config files can be found in a range of locations. These are documented fully in the __xconfigfile__(__filemansuffix__) manual page. The most commonly used locations are shown here. .TP 30 @@ -505,6 +518,21 @@ Server configuration file. .B __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigfile__ Server configuration file. .TP 30 +.B /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__ +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 +.B /etc/X11/__xconfigdir__-4 +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 +.B /etc/__xconfigdir__ +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/etc/__xconfigdir__ +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 +.B __projectroot__/lib/X11/__xconfigdir__ +Server configuration directory. +.TP 30 .BI __logdir__/__xservername__. n .log Server log file for display .IR n . |