XFCE does not keep the display settings after each reboot

suvayu ali fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com
Fri Jun 12 21:59:07 UTC 2009


2009/6/12 Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Tim<ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>> I do not know why system-config-display was not installed by default.
>>
>> Because, now, with X system that needs no xorg.conf file, because it
>> always automatically correctly configures itself to suit your
>> automatically detected graphics card and monitor, there's no need for
>> you to have a control panel to manually set things up...
>>
>> Yes, I'm being sarcastic about how well it works.  But that's the
>> thinking behind it:  It should take care of itself, automatically.  So
>> why bother to include a package, by default, that you won't need.
>
> The point is that no xorg.conf was created before I installed
> system-config-display.
>

Since F10 this is the intended behaviour. xorg.conf is not used as a
default anymore. However if there is one, then the settings are setup
as per that.

-- 
Suvayu

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