What tool to configure XF86config

[Douglas J Hunley]

Joel Hammer spewed electrons into the ether that assembled into:
> I am having trouble configuring my XF86Config file after installing RH 7.1
> without an X server.
> The two tools I know about,
> xf86config and
> setup (which runs Xconfigurator)
> give very different looking XF86Config files. Using startx:
> When running startx :
> when I try to use xf86config, I get errors about wrong
> subsections.
> with xconfigurator, I get no valid modes.
> Any insight appreciated,
> Joel

which file is getting used? /etc/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config or 
XF86Config-4 or what? that's usually the first thing to check.
Personally, I remove all the -4 versions, and make /etc/XF86Config a symlink 
to /etc/X11/XF86Config...
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