too much stuff solved

[Dan Farrell]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:50:40 +0200
"Heike C. Zimmerer" <nospam07q1 at gmx.net> wrote:

> Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> writes:
> 
> > karl at karl-desktop:~$ dpkg -S /etc/X11
> > xclock, oclock, dbus-x11, xload, xscreensaver-gl, xfontsel,
> > editres, xkbutils, scim, xrgb, xfd, beforelight, xfonts-scalable,
> > xconsole, xfonts-100dpi, gnome-session, x11-common, xfonts-75dpi,
> > xkb-data, xdg-user-dirs, xsm, xgc, xterm, libxvmc1, xvidtune, xman,
> > xmag, xditview, bitmap, xinit, xfonts-base, xmessage, gdm,
> > xscreensaver-data, xcalc, xcursor-themes, xawtv, viewres,
> > xclipboard, xlogo, xserver-xorg-core, xmore: /etc/X11
> >
> > But it makes clear that most of the things have nothing to do with
> > X11 
> 
> And the 'x's in most of the names above are just there in order to
> confuse the bad guys (who don't know better), I assume.
> 
> > but are just stored there so they are available when /usr is not
> > yet available. Xclock and oclock do get used early in the init
> > system.
> 
> There's an urgent need of desktop clocks in the early init system
> before /usr is even available.  You can't go without them.  Oh well.
> 
he he.  x/o clock isn't likely to be used until X is started, long
after everything is mounted up.  X is typically one of the last things
started.  

Karl,it appears that  most of these files are also used to configure the
X server & environment.  It's a very complicated system you know, 
with many supporting programs and configurations that you often might
not even notice.