where is xorg.conf when I use Quick start

[mfaridi]

I installed Xorg and I want to use Openbox. I read this link for setup of Xorg
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config-quick-start.html. I want to put some option in xorg.conf, but I cannot find xorg.conf. I want to add some options like wbfonts and I want to modify the resolution.

 

[getopt]

If you do not have a xorg.conf you need to create the file. For locations see xorg.conf(5)

 

[mfaridi]

When I use this link

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config-quick-start.html.

everything is OK and only one problem for change keyboard layout I need xorg.conf and I can not change keyboard layout and change resolution

but when I use this link

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config.html

for config xorg. I have xorg.conf in /etc/X11

But resolution is very bad and resolution is low and in xorg.conf I have two card VGA. xorg detect my VGA card Nv and vesa. And xorg detect two VGA and I have two VGA card. Nv card and Vesa card. If I remove Vesa from xorg.conf. startx can not detect my screen and I see error about screen. If I remove nv from xorg.conf, I see that error again and I see error about screen. If I change resolution in xorg.conf, it can not effect and resolution and fonts are terrible and very bad.
I install nvidia driver with pkg command . but startx show error about screen and can not start.

Only this link
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/x-config-quick-start.html
can run Desktop for me.

 

[abishai]

Both links are very outdated. x11-servers/xorg-server is compiled against devd now. If you have nvidia card, stick with binary driver, run Xorg -configure and remove the second video card from generated file.

 

[getopt]

Do you have /var/log/Xorg* files? Those should be used for debugging Xorg.
grep -E '\(WW|EE\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log shows all thrown warnings and errors.

 

[wblock@]

On FreeBSD, xorg.conf should go in /usr/local/etc/X11/. It will work from other locations, and many people put it in /etc/X11/. See hier(7) to see why that is incorrect.

 

[mfaridi]

On FreeBSD, xorg.conf should go in /usr/local/etc/X11/. It will work from other locations, and many people put it in /etc/X11/. See hier(7) to see why that is incorrect.

Thanks, but when I go to:

cd /usr/local/etc/X11/

I see these directories:

xinit xorg.conf.d

and I can not find xorg.conf.

 

[abishai]

If you haven't put it there, you will not find it. You have to generate it by yourself and copy generated file from /root

 

[wblock@]

xorg.conf does not exist by default. It is usually not needed. However, the file generated by Xorg -configure is terrible, and I suggest only including the parts of it that need to be different from default values, if any.

 

[abishai]

I don't know what systems you are using, but on 3 laptops I use FreeBSD on as the primary (and only) system Xorg even not starts without xorg.conf with Device section.