How to make xinit / startx to read my custom xorg.conf.d files?

[rizzo]

As far as I know, lightdm reads ~/.xsession at startup while xinit reads ~/.xinitrc.
You could simply copy .xsession to .xinitrc and see what happens.

Good luck,
Michael



On Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:55:28 +0000
Me <oblias at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am running Arch Linux with the i3 window manager.  Today I switched from 
> lightdm to xorg-xinit.  I have read the available documentation, and 
> configured things so that startx will start and run the X server, and i3wm 
> runs fine after that.  However, I have one very important problem that I 
> cannot find an answer to.
> 
> I have a Nvidia GPU with proprietary drivers installed, and I have created 
> a file named 10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf in the 
> /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory.  The contents of that conf file are 
> as follows:
> 
> 
> Section "OutputClass"
>      Identifier "nvidia"
>      MatchDriver "nvidia-drm"
>      Driver "nvidia"
>      Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
>      Option "Coolbits" "28"
>      ModulePath "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg"
>      ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> EndSection
> 
> 
> 
> An important line in that file is the Option "Coolbits" "28" line, as it 
> allows me to set a custom fan speed for my GPU, which I need for these 
> warmer months.
> 
> 
> When I use startx that conf file is not being read, it seems.  It is 
> completely ignored, and I am unable to set a custom fan speed.
> 
> Is there a conf file for xinit that I can use, create, or configure that 
> will access the 10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf file, so that the GPU will 
> run cooler via a custom fan speed?
> 
> When using lightdm, it works like a charm.  But as I say, xinit seems to 
> not see/read/access that file.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
> 
> C.M.Millington
> -- 
> Thank you!
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