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

Tim Wescott tim at wescottdesign.com
Mon Jul 19 02:38:33 UTC 2010


Oops: /etc/X11

On 07/18/2010 06:52 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:
> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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