[PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

Tim Wescott tim at wescottdesign.com
Mon Jul 19 01:52:12 UTC 2010


Ubuntu, in an effort to Appelize Linux, has moved everything:

tim at fawkes:~$ ls /etc/x11
ls: cannot access /etc/x11: No such file or directory

That's why I was asking...

On 07/18/2010 05:21 PM, dan wrote:
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Tim Wescott<tim at wescottdesign.com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> The xorg.conf file would be Ubuntu's brains, yes?
>>
>> Where is it?
>>
>> I've tried 'find', and it doesn't pop up.
>>
>> On 07/18/2010 05:06 PM, dan wrote:
>>      
>>> Have you tried editing the xorg.conf file?
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Tim Wescott<tim at wescottdesign.com>
>>>        
>>   wrote:
>>      
>>>
>>>        
>>>> I'm still trying to decide if letting #1 son know of the existence of
>>>> FreeGeek was a good idea.
>>>>
>>>> After running around swapping parts between his GeekBox and the family
>>>> computer (AKA the Handy Pile of Parts) he's left me with a quirk in the
>>>> family computer -- it used to have an Nvidia card in it, which he
>>>> claimed.  Ubuntu would boot, but bitched severely about the lack of the
>>>> Nvidia card and wouldn't reconfigure itself as advertised.  I tried
>>>> uninstalling the Nvidia driver, hoping that would fix up the
>>>> configuration files -- it doesn't; now Ubuntu bitches that it can't find
>>>> the driver.
>>>>
>>>> Argh.
>>>>
>>>> So, how do I tell Ubuntu Karmic that it isn't supposed to load the
>>>> Nvidia kernel module any more?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tim Wescott
>>>> Wescott Design Services
>>>> Voice: 503-631-7815
>>>> Cell:  503-349-8432
>>>> http://www.wescottdesign.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> PLUG mailing list
>>>> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> PLUG mailing list
>>> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>
>> --
>> Tim Wescott
>> Wescott Design Services
>> Voice: 503-631-7815
>> Cell:  503-349-8432
>> http://www.wescottdesign.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> PLUG mailing list
>> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>>
>>      
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG mailing list
> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>
>    


-- 
Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
Voice: 503-631-7815
Cell:  503-349-8432
http://www.wescottdesign.com





More information about the PLUG mailing list