1st X server configuration file

XFree Local Multi-User HOWTO
Prev | Chapter 7. Tweaking it | Next

# 7.3. 1st X server configuration file

A small part of the Mandrake init scripts `/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit` (you can append it to yours if you are missing something similar):

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # (pixel) a kind of profile for XF86Config
    # if no XFree=XXX given on kernel command-line, restore XF86Config.standard
    for i in XF86Config XF86Config-4; do
        if [ -L "/etc/X11/$i" ]; then
            XFree=`sed -n 's/.*XFree=\(\w*\).*/\1/p' /proc/cmdline`
            [ -n "$XFree" ] || XFree=standard
            [ -r "/etc/X11/$i.$XFree" ] && ln -sf "$i.$XFree" "/etc/X11/$i"
        fi
    done
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Move your `XF86Config-4` file (the one for standard kernel) to `XF86Config-4.standard`, create a symbolic link from it to `XF86Config-4`, and move the `XF86Config-4` file (the one for Backstreet Ruby) to `XF86Config-4.bruby`. For Ruby/Backstreet Ruby kernels, add to the append line in `/etc/lilo.conf`, or on boot prompt "XFree=bruby", leave the standard kernel as is.

Results:

Booting with "XFree=standard" or without "XFree=" (boot prompt or `lilo.conf`) will result in linking `XF86Config-4.standard` to `XF86Config-4`; booting with "XFree=bruby" will link `XF86Config-4.bruby` to `XF86Config-4`, so in both scenarios XFree can be started with the proper configuration file for the first X server.

And what about the other X servers?

Under a standard kernel you cannot use several independent X servers, so you should use the other XFree configuration files only under Ruby/Backstreet Ruby - there is no need for different configuration files under standard & bruby kernels.

Prev | Home | Next
Customising the login screen | Up | Number X servers started by Display managers