Since when doesn't Fedora use xorg.conf ?

ksatux ksatux at gmail.com
Sun Feb 22 15:40:56 UTC 2009


you can creat xorg.conf , with system-config-display

you need to install it Fisrt :

yum install system-config-display

Good Luke :)


On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 11:40 -0800, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: Since when doesn't Fedora use xorg.conf ?
> > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> > Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 10:40 PM
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Linuxguy123
> > <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > There are all sorts of posts associated with the
> > "Disabling mouse taps
> > > on Fedora 10" thread that state that Fedora 10
> > doesn't use an xorg.conf
> > > file.
> > >
> > > When did Fedora/X stop using an xorg.conf file ?
> > >
> > > It certainly isn't mentioned in the F10 release
> > notes.
> > >
> > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/What_is_New_for_Installation_and_Live_Images.html#X_Window_system_-_graphics
> > >
> > > How and where are the X system settings set and held
> > now ?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> > A few releases ago Xorg starting pretending to be too smart
> > for an
> > xorg.conf. It has been very very annoying for me.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin
> > ( www.pembo13.com )
> > 
> > -- 
> 
> While I can concur *Sometimes it is annoying*, on 9 out of 10 machines that I run Fedora 10 on, I don't have xorg.conf and things are working great.  But there is an exception, the one with ATI built in the motherboard, I get very bad resolution 640x480(not even 800x600) that there is a need for it :)
> 
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 [Radeon X1200 Series]
> 
> I just tried to install Fedora on another machine with similar built in only that lspci reports it as ATI Radeon 200 and it is a no go, even with Text INSTALL, so YMMV :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antonio 
> 
> 
>       





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