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okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
(haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
anyone know where I might find it?

tia
 


brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:

> okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
> life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
> folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
> use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
> (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
> anyone know where I might find it?
>
> tia

If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I cannot
see where your xorg.conf might be.

However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
find your xorg.conf.

HTH

--
Simon Gerber
simugerber@student.ethz.ch
 
brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> writes:

> okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
> life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the
> ~/etc/X11/
> folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to

nope.

Try removing the tilde (~).

> use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
> (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
> anyone know where I might find it?
>
> tia

--
BOFH excuse #429:

Temporal anomaly
 
On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500, brian wrote:

> okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
> life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
> folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
> use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
> (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
> anyone know where I might find it?

It should NOT be under your home directory. It is a system file.

It should be living in the open as /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but if not, try

find /etc -iname xorg.conf
 
On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:28:33 +0100, Mark South wrote:

> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500, brian wrote:
>
>> okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
>> life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
>> folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
>> use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
>> (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
>> anyone know where I might find it?
>
> It should NOT be under your home directory. It is a system file.
>
> It should be living in the open as /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but if not, try
>
> find /etc -iname xorg.conf

~$ slocate xorg.conf works too
 
In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:

> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>
> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
> > life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
> > folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
> > use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
> > (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
> > anyone know where I might find it?
> >
> > tia
>
> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I cannot
> see where your xorg.conf might be.
>
> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
> find your xorg.conf.
>
> HTH

Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
user's. Sorry.
I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having a
regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if that
could be the difference.

thanks
 
On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:

> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>
>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>
>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
>> > life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
>> > folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
>> > use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
>> > (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
>> > anyone know where I might find it?
>> >
>> > tia
>>
>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I cannot
>> see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>
>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
>> find your xorg.conf.
>>
>> HTH
>
> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
> user's. Sorry.
> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having a
> regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if that
> could be the difference.
>

Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
 
Meat Plow wrote:
Do I need to
>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having a
>> regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if that
>> could be the difference.
>>
when you find it (see above) use sudo gedit xorg.conf in a terminal to
launch the editor in root mode.
>
> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
 
Meat Plow wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>
>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>
>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>
>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
>>> > life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
>>> > folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
>>> > use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
>>> > (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
>>> > anyone know where I might find it?
>>> >
>>> > tia
>>>
>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I cannot
>>> see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>
>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
>>> find your xorg.conf.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>
>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>> user's. Sorry.
>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having a
>> regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if that
>> could be the difference.
>>
>
> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.

crap... as long as we're going to all the trouble to open a terminal,
why not just:
cd /etc/X11/
ls xorg*
*g*
 
On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:16:21 +0000, clay wrote:

> Meat Plow wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>>
>>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>>
>>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
>>>> > life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
>>>> > folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
>>>> > use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
>>>> > (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
>>>> > anyone know where I might find it?
>>>> >
>>>> > tia
>>>>
>>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I cannot
>>>> see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>>
>>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
>>>> find your xorg.conf.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>>> user's. Sorry.
>>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
>>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having a
>>> regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if that
>>> could be the difference.
>>>
>>
>> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
>
> crap... as long as we're going to all the trouble to open a terminal,
> why not just:
> cd /etc/X11/
> ls xorg*
> *g*

That worky too :)
 

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