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sparriskrigaren
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 20 Aug 2003
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 Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:34 pm Post subject: How do I tell "startx" which config file to load? |
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I will explain what I mean.
I've got one standard X-config-file called "XF86Config-4", but I've got another one called "XF86Config-TV" which I have configured in order to activate TV-out in the manner I want to.
Is there a simple way to run "startx" and specifying with a parameter or something, that I want it to load from the alternate config-file? XF86Config-4 seems to be the standard one for me.
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Johan |
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mackstann
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Joined: 12 Jun 2003
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Location: Iowa, US
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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I believe:
startx -- -xf86config /path/to/your/config/file |
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triad
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Joined: 10 Jul 2003
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Location: Dark Side of the Moon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 2:34 am Post subject: |
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why use 2 config files. just put all in one main XF86Config-4 file as different server layouts. Example:
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Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "NVIDIA0"
Monitor "KDS"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "NVIDIA0"
Monitor "KDS"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Monitor"
Screen "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "TV"
Screen 1 "Screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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then to run TV I just type:
| Code: | | startx -- :1 -layout TV vt8 |
I Use NVTV then to output screen to TV. The way i have set up IMHO is nice because I after loging into main default screen I can open command prompt and goto virtual terminal with correct size screen for TV. then flip flop back and forth via ctrl-alt-F7 and ctrl-alt-F8.
Hope this helps.
Triad
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fizz
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Joined: 31 Aug 2003
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 2:54 am Post subject: |
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Thread is now bookmarked, i was gonna ask a nice way to accomplish this. 
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