Elements of the xorg.conf File

Traditionally, the most important file for Xorg has been the xorg.conf configuration file. This file contained configuration information that was vital for X to function correctly and was usually created during the installation of Ubuntu.

Modern versions of Xorg do not create an xorg.conf file by default. Instead, various files ending in *.conf reside in the /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d directory and are ...

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