xorg-server-1.8

With xorg-server-1.8, the 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 /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 .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 tazx xorg-config using a template xorg.conf file (generated with Xorg -configure). You can find more information about this in the function xorg_conf_d of tazx.

If you want add a configuration file to a package, please take care to use a name different from those specified by 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 55-DeviceTweaks.conf configuring a graphic driver other than vesa

This avoid naming two files identically, you can use these in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/readme for users with the 4.0 release.

tazx :

• 10-ServerLayout.conf
• 20-Files.conf
• 30-Module.conf
• 40-Keyboard.conf
• 50-Monitor.conf
• 60-Device.conf
• 70-Screen.conf

tazhw :

• 55-DeviceTweaks.conf

xorg-xf86-input-evdev :

• 40-evdev.conf

xorg-xf86-input-synaptics :

• 35-synaptics.conf

• Improve the auto-configuration tool in 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.