X server options [SOLVED]

Bill Tangren bjt at aa.usno.navy.mil
Mon Sep 25 16:19:21 UTC 2006


Bill Tangren wrote:
> I am trying to add an option to the X server to time out the server 
> after 15 minutes. I *think* -s 15 will do it. I can see the X server 
> running:
> 
> # ps -ef |grep -v grep |grep "bin/X"
> root      4547  4515  0 Sep21 ?        00:15:39 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 
> -audit 0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7
> #
> 
> but it is not clear to me WHERE the server is being started. I've looked 
> at all the usual suspects: /etc/inittab, /etc/rc.sysinit, the files in 
> /etc/rc.d, and I've looked in /etc/X11 and its subdirectories.
> 
> I'm running GNOME.
> 
> 
> Any ideas where I can add server options?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bill Tangren
> 

Never mind. I figured out it was being started by gdm, and it's configuration 
file was in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf





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