Different XF86Config for different user

Sturla Holm Hansen sturlahh at online.no
Fri Feb 20 01:28:31 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 18:57, Robert Marcano wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 13:49, Ricardo Ardila Vetrovec wrote:
> > i don't know, X configuration file it's made for de SERVICE X WINDOWS! 
> > and not to pass a X WINDOWS for differents users!
> > 
> > But, again, I DON'T KNOW ;)
> > 
> > Davor Herga wrote:
> > 
> > > Is there any chance to set the XF86Config file in such a way, that when
> > > I log in as a different user, a different XF86Config file is used?
> > > 
> 
> Try setting the environment variable XF86CONFIG and start X with startx
> when the user is logged in
> 
> As mentioned on "man XF86Config" XFree86 search the following places for
> the configuration file (I have not tried this)
> 
> /etc/X11/<cmdline>
> /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/<cmdline>
> /etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
> /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> /etc/X11/XF86Config
> /etc/XF86Config
> /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
> /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.<hostname>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config-4
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> 
Wouldn't it be possible to just switch the file with a bash-script in
the login procedure of each user?

Sturla





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