What do you have in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

igadoter · 08-21-2018, 07:22 AM

I just figured out how to set keyboard maps system wide, both US and Polish keyboard maps. This also can be done in runtime with setxkbmap. But I needed something more complex solution. I found this https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/d...onfig.html#zap. Now I am just curious what other settings people put into /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/. It can be useful and may actually save my time when again I will trying to find out how to set some other options for X server. Reading all the documentation - can be painful.

Darth Vader · 08-21-2018, 07:39 AM

Q: What do you have in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

A: Nothing.

The budget Radeon graphics cards which I love to use needs no custom configuration.

hazel · 08-21-2018, 07:50 AM

I'm not a Slacker but I always put a keyboard config file in there, otherwise I get the American keyboard which I hate.

allend · 08-21-2018, 07:54 AM

Depends on the machine.
Desktop - No /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ entries but a monolithic /etc/X11/xorg.conf to allow for dual monitor usage.
Netbook - /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf with customised settings for the touchpad.
Laptop - Nothing. Everything just works as I want.
Server - As for Laptop

I have always been dubious of the adoption of the use of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. Yes, it makes xorg settings more modular, but in practice I find it simply leads to fragmentation of settings across multiple files. YMMV.

slalik · 08-21-2018, 09:14 AM

On my main desktop with 2 monitors I have /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Code:

Section "Device"
  Identifier "intel"
  Driver     "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier  "DP-2"
  Option      "Primary" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier  "HDMI-1"
  Option      "RightOf" "DP-2"
EndSection

Section "Serverflags"
  Option "DontZap" "yes"
EndSection

For keyboard layout I use setxkbmap in ~/.xinitrc.

lougavulin · 08-21-2018, 05:16 PM

On all my systems, for my dvorak layout keyboard :

Code:

90-keyboard-layout-evdev.conf

enorbet · 08-24-2018, 04:19 PM

Nothing here. I still use /etc/X11/xorg.conf which is considerably involved because i alter nvidia performance there.

dugan · 08-24-2018, 06:02 PM

I keep my setup for the NVidia binary drivers there.

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0 {ForceCompositionPipeline=On}"
EndSection

Richard Cranium · 08-24-2018, 10:15 PM

I have 3 files.

fonts.conf

Code:

Section "Files"
	FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Droid_Sans/"
	FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Droid_Sans_Mono/"
	FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Droid_Serif/"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Noto_Sans/"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Noto_Serif/"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Open_Sans/"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kanjistrokeorders/"
EndSection

rat7.conf

Code:

Section "InputClass"
      Identifier "R.A.T."
      MatchProduct "R.A.T.7|R.A.T.9"
      MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
      Option "Buttons" "17"
      Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 9 7 6 12 0 0 0 16 17"
      Option "AutoReleaseButtons" "13 14 15"
      Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
      Option "YAxisMapping" "10 11"
EndSection

(Hey, it's a nice mouse.)

nvidia.conf (I'm not running noveau at the moment)

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GT 640"
    BusID          "PCI:4:0:0"
EndSection

If I run noveau, I just move nvidia.conf to the parent directory. If I decide to run the other driver, I copy or move it back. Easy.

denydias · 08-25-2018, 03:08 AM

Just this:

Code:

$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-video-intel.conf
Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
  Driver      "intel"
  Option      "AccelMethod" "SNA"
  Option      "TearFree" "true"
EndSection

SNA is the default acceleration method for Intel Graphics 5500. But I prefer to declare it to avoid some X server crashes and to enable TearFree.

Didier Spaier · 08-25-2018, 03:52 AM

Code:

didier[~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keymap.conf 
Section "InputClass"
    Identifier            "Keyboard-all"
    MatchIsKeyboard        "yes"
    MatchDevicePath     "/dev/input/event*"
    Driver                "evdev"
    Option                "XkbLayout" "fr"
    Option                "XkbVariant" ""
    Option                "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

didier[~]

Written by the Slint installer. The "fr" X keyboard Layout is set by keyboardsetup (extracted from the salixtools package) to match the kernel keymap associated to the language chosen for installation, possibly changed during installation.