FS#53225 - [xf86-video-ati] wront path for "10-radeon.conf"

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Fabian (Tids) - Thursday, 09 March 2017, 11:32 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Thursday, 16 March 2017, 20:41 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Lukas Fleischer (lfleischer)
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: xf86-video-ati installs the file 10-radeon.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/. This directory is made for system specific config files. For example if an Admin needs to change the default settings. For configs that come with a package, you should use: /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d

see:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Configuration
> Note: Arch supplies default configuration files in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d, [...]

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=198719



Additional info:
* package version(s)
1:7.8.99.r38.g9035b6ab-1
This task depends upon

Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Thursday, 16 March 2017, 20:41 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  7.9.0
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Thursday, 09 March 2017, 12:24 GMT
Systems can have more than one graphic card and may need tweaks to the conf file.

I suggest to keep the Xorg configuration files under /etc to have them under local admin control. Under /usr should go only stuff that should never need any modification.
Comment by Fabian (Tids) - Thursday, 09 March 2017, 16:35 GMT
even with more then one card this wont conflict:

Section "OutputClass"
Identifier "Radeon"
MatchDriver "radeon"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection

It just tells xorg to use the radeon xorg driver for cards that load the radeon kernel module. This one belongs to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
This file never needs to be altered in any way.
Comment by Sandra (sandrak) - Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 18:13 GMT
Fabian is right. The package xf86-video-amdgpu contains the same file for a long time:

Section "OutputClass"
Identifier "AMDgpu"
MatchDriver "amdgpu"
Driver "amdgpu"
EndSection

and it's also in place: usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-amdgpu.conf ( https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xf86-video-amdgpu/ )

@Andreas please consider to move it to the right path. I'm only here because the filename /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-radeon.conf was used by myself (to disable dri3) and was now conflicting with your package.

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