missing xorgcfg

Matthew Saltzman mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Tue Apr 3 02:07:34 UTC 2007


On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Frode Petersen wrote:

> Antonio Olivares skrev:
>> Don't use xorgcfg if you cannot find it/or is not in
>> there. 
>
> Probably sound advice.
>
>> You can always do
>> 
>> # Xorg -configure
>> Then test the configuration, instructions will appear
>> after you run Xorg -configure.  If you are
>> satisfied/happy with it, copy it back to
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  That will be the normal xorg.conf
>> generated by xorg tools.  xorgcfg was the old way of
>> doing it, if I am not mistaken.
>
> I did try that, but the Xserver kept aborting for some reason. Didn't try to 
> figure out why, though. Guess I'll try that road again with a little more 
> persistence this time.
>
> Thanks for the reply.

"system-config-display --reconfig" will create xorg.conf from scratch by 
probing.

>
> Regards,
> Frode
>
>
>

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