Re: x server not reading xorg.conf?

[Adam Jackson <ajackson redhat com>]

Jason Dravet wrote:
> Does anyone else running rawhide have the problem of X not seeming to 
> read xorg.conf?  I updated the xorg.conf so my monitor runs at my 
> preferred resolution.  I also had to update the xorg.conf file so my 5 
> button MS intellimouse would work properly,  I copied my working 
> xorg.conf from FC5 to rawhide but X does not seem to read it so I don't 
> have my preffered resolution and my mouse forward and back buttons don't 
> work.

X definitely reads your config file.  Look at the top of 
/var/log/Xorg.0.log to see which one it uses, which will look either like:

(EE) Unable to locate/open config file

or

(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"

- ajax