Xorg question

[Mr-Biscuit]

Is it possible to use the configuration from OpenBSD on FreeBSD?

[Beastie]

AFAIK, Xenocara is based on an older version of Xorg - 7.3 I think - and since I've been using the same conf file for ages (even before 7.0) on FreeBSD, I'll dare to say the OpenBSD and FreeBSD conf files are compatible.

But I might be wrong, so why not try it yourself?

[jggimi]

It will depend on specific things -in- the configuration file. Some may be valid, some may not. For instance, there is development occuring right now on a new Intel DRM X driver that uses UXA and eliminates EXA and XAA support.

My point: if your configuration file selects something invalid for the system you are on, it will fail.

[BSDfan666]

An Xorg configuration file is fundamentally platform and OS dependent, for example mouse configuration often varies.

Don't share xorg.conf files, as a reference? sure, but know what you're doing.

[Mr-Biscuit]

Xorg is up and working but I'm not running it right now.
Yeah, I was thinking maybe- That was cute, very cute.- it would be necessary to make an xorg.conf by guessing the same path in freebsd from an openbsd xorg.conf.

[Beastie]

xorg.conf should be in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

The default Files section:

ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath   "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"

The mouse "Device" (mouse's InputDevice section): /dev/sysmouse.


And you can always create a new configuration: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO.../x-config.html