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2 !!!dexconf
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OUTPUT FILES
7 AUTHOR
8 SEE ALSO
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 dexconf - generate XFree86 X server configuration file from debconf database values
14 !!SYNOPSIS
15
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17 dexconf
18 !!DESCRIPTION
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21 __Dexconf__ retrieves values from debconf's database and
22 uses them to build an XF86Config or XF86Config-4 (depending
23 on the default X server selected) file.
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26 The information that dexconf uses is typically entered via a
27 debconf frontend (or possibly in part by hardware
28 autodetection tools). Note that dexconf itself ''does not
29 set'' any values in the debconf database; it only
30 retrieves them. If configuration parameters of the debconf
31 database need to be changed, ''dpkg-reconfigure''(8)
32 should be used to do so.
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35 It is also important to note that dexconf, and the
36 corresponding debconf questions whose answers it retrieves,
37 are not intended to replace a full-featured X server
38 configuration tool; that is the province of
39 ''xf86cfg''(1), currently under development by the
40 XFree86 Project, Inc. In the meantime, however, users
41 inexperienced with the syntax of the XF86Config (or
42 XF86Config-4) file may use dexconf to generate the X server
43 configuration file with a minimal amount of detailed
44 knowledge of their hardware characteristics.
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47 More experienced users should feel free to use
48 Dexconf-generated configuration files as a starting point
49 for their customizations, since individual preferences vary
50 greatly.
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53 Dexconf decides which file (XF86Config or XF86Config-4) to
54 generate based upon the name of the default X server (a
55 debconf question).
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58 Dexconf writes only to the area between
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61 ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
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64 and
65
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67 ### END DEBCONF SECTION
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70 in the configuration file. Anything outside this region is
71 preserved. If either or both of the above marker lines is
72 missing, dexconf will exit with an error.
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75 The above feature is useful especially in conjuction with
76 the version 4 XFree86 X server, so that additional input
77 devices, display devices, and monitors can be configured,
78 and multiple screens and layouts defined. For instance, the
2 perry 79 first !ServerLayout section encountered in the configuration
1 perry 80 file is the one XFree86 4 uses as its default, so a typical
2 perry 81 customization is to write a !ServerLayout section at the top
1 perry 82 of the file, before the beginning of the debconf area. See
83 ''XF86Config-4''(5) and the Debian X FAQ --
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86 ''/usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ/gz''
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89 -- for more information.
90 !!OUTPUT FILES
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93 ''/etc/X11/XF86Config-4''
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96 Configuration file for the XFree86 4.x X
97 server.
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100 ''/etc/X11/XF86Config''
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103 Configuration file for XFree86 3.x X servers.
104 !!AUTHOR
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107 Dexconf was written by Branden Robinson for Progeny Linux
108 Systems, Inc., and Debian GNU/Linux.
109 !!SEE ALSO
110
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112 ''XF86Config''(7), ''XF86Config-4''(5),
113 ''XF86Config-v3''(5), ''xf86cfg''(1),
114 ''dpkg-reconfigure(8)''
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