Re: Custom X scripts no longer work

Can you tell me what is in the (or better send me) XF86config-4.virge ?

On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 15:56, Chris wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I have been wresting with this for a while, and I cannot find any clear 
> documentation on the best way to do this.
> 
> The problem is that I have several thin client machines that have video cards 
> that are not well configured by the default XF86Config-4.tpl.  I used to 
> use /tftpboot/pxes/config.  I put in a nice little script that deleted and 
> over-wrote the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file.  It won't let me do that anymore.
> 
> The reason I overwrote the /etc/X11 file instead of the /tmp/parsed file was 
> because the customization scripts are called too early in the rcS, and my 
> copy would be over-written when X configuration took place in the rcS script.
> 
> So, I tried hacking the rcS script, and put the copy of my custom XF86config-4 
> file at the end so it would not get overwritten -- still no dice.
> 
> The problem seems to be that it will not let me overwrite any of these files.  
> It used to on pxes-0.5, but not anymore.
> 
> This was the working version of my script:
> 
> /usr/bin/tftp pxesserver >/dev/null <<!
>         timeout 30
>         get Xs/XF86Config-4.virge
> !
> mount -n -o remount,rw / 2>/tmp/bs.log    ## was necessary because mounted r/o
> rm -f /etc/X11/XF* 2>/tmp/bs.log
> cp -f XF86Config-4.virge /etc/X11/XF86Config 2>/tmp/bs.log
> cp -f XF86Config-4.virge /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 2>/tmp/bs.log
> mount -n -o remount,ro 2>/tmp/bs.log
> 
> bs.log is always made, but always empty.
> 
> I likewise cannot write over /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.tpl -- Operation not 
> permitted.
> 
> Is there a better way to do this, or a way I can do what I have done in the 
> past?
> 
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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