x server not reading xorg.conf?

[Rodd Clarkson]

On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 17:23 -0500, Jason Dravet wrote:
> Does anyone else running rawhide have the problem of X not seeming to read 
> xorg.conf?  I updated the xorg.conf so my monitor runs at my preferred 
> resolution.  I also had to update the xorg.conf file so my 5 button MS 
> intellimouse would work properly,  I copied my working xorg.conf from FC5 to 
> rawhide but X does not seem to read it so I don't have my preffered 
> resolution and my mouse forward and back buttons don't work.

I don't know about the mouse side of things, but your 'preferred'
resolution is actually set in Gnome using System > Preferences > Screen
Resolution.

The xorg.conf file tells the system what your screen is capable of, but
the use of user defined screen resolutions allows each user to set what
they would prefer as there resolution, instead of being stuff with
whatever resolution the sysadmin for that machine thinks is 'Right
(TM)'.

It may well be that your mouse behavior is also user defined.


R.
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