How do I deal with multiple hardware setups?

[Eric Eisenhart]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 09:05:31PM -0800, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> >Very very carefully...
> >
> >I *think* you could:
> >1) Make an XF86Config-4 for the GX1 and copy it to 
> >/etc/X11/XF86Config-4.gx1
> >2) Make an XF86Config-4 for the GX110 and copy it to
> >    /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.gx110
> >3) in /etc/init.d/rc.local put something like:
> >
> >if /sbin/lspci | grep "Intel Corporation 82810E"; then
> >   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.gx110 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >else
> >   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.gx1 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >fi
> 
> It looks to me like every time a workstation started up, it would overwrite 
> the XF86Config-4 file with whichever version was appropriate for itself.  
> Wouldn't that confuse all of the other workstations whenever they (re)start 
> X?

Sorry, I was confused, I guess...  I was thinking in terms of cloned
machines, not in terms of machines all mounting the exact same filesystem...

You want a graphical login on these, like xdm or gdm?

Okay...

Seriously try this:
put the following in /usr/X11R6/bin/X.gx:
#!/bin/sh
if /sbin/lspci | grep "Intel Corporation 82810E"; then
   /usr/X11R6/bin/X -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.gx110
else
   /usr/X11R6/bin/X -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.gx1
fi

Hmmm...

Or maybe in the startup scripts elsewhere (like inside /etc/X11/prefdm) put:
if /sbin/lspci | grep "Intel Corporation 82810E"; then 
   export XF86CONFIG=XF86Config-4.gx110
else
   export XF86CONFIG=XF86Config-4.gx1                      
fi

(/etc/X11/prefdm is the script that fires up your choice of display
managers, and the display managers are what actually will fire up X, based
on what's in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers)
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