| Author: | gokhlayeh, linea |
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With xorg-server-1.8, the file :file:`/etc/X11/xorg.conf` is deprecated. Though we can actually reserve it for user modifications, it's no longer edited automatically.
The configuration files are now in :file:`/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d`. To ensure that the users configuration will not be erased by a system upgrade, here's a suggestion of numbers and content. The configuration files are read in alphanumerical order and their names must end with :file:`.conf`:
- 00 — ServerFlag
- 05 — ServerLayout Tweaks
- 10 — ServerLayout
- 15 — Files Tweaks
- 20 — Files
- 25 — Modules Tweaks
- 30 — Modules
- 35 — InputClass/InputDevice Tweaks
- 40 — InputClass/InputDevice
- 45 — Monitor Tweaks
- 50 — Monitor
- 55 — Device Tweaks
- 60 — Device
- 65 — Screen Tweaks
- 70 — Screen
- 75 — Modes Tweaks
- 80 — Modes
- 85 — DRI Tweaks
- 90 — DRI
- 95 — Extension Tweaks
- 100 — Extension
Some of the x0 sections are configured by :command:`tazx xorg-config` using a template :file:`xorg.conf` file (generated with :command:`Xorg -configure`). You can find more information about this in the function xorg_conf_d of :program:`tazx`.
If you want add a configuration file to a package, please take care to use a name different from those specified by :program:`tazx` or this file will be erased when booting in live mode. You can use the same number (x0) with a different name if this configuration doesn't conflict with those used by default. Otherwise, use (x-1)5 for that configuration overwriting the default one.
Examples:
- 40-evedev.conf — Default configuration for all devices
- 35-synaptics.conf — Advanced configuration for touchpad devices, overwriting the default configuration for these devices
- hwsetup, section nvidia and ati — Add a file :file:`55-DeviceTweaks.conf` configuring a graphic driver other than :program:`vesa`
This avoid naming two files identically, you can use these in the :file:`/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/readme` for users with the 4.0 release.
:program:`xorg-xf86-input-evdev`:
:program:`xorg-xf86-input-synaptics`:
- Improve the auto-configuration tool in :program:`tazx`: some fonts and modules don't need to be loaded by default or don't exist. Some of these elements can be configured by their original package.
- Pre-configure some drivers to make them work out-of-the-box.