Since when doesn't Fedora use xorg.conf ?

[Bill Davidsen]

Antonio Olivares wrote:
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>>
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> 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 :)
> 
Manually add "vga=0x318" or "vga=ask" to the startup line at the initial boot, 
and it should let you select 800x600 or higher.

I have a Mobile X1250 and I get my choice of framebuffers, vesa or radeondrmfb, 
each of which is really slow. I have resisted adding vendor drivers, I don't do 
games so it's not a real issue.

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