Re: [Hampshire] xorg.conf problems in new Etch install

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Author: Adam Trickett
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] xorg.conf problems in new Etch install

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On Friday 12 Oct 2007, HantsLUG Mail wrote:
> X is insisting on running at 640x420 and 60Hz. My monitor optimally
> requires 1280x1024 @ 75 Hz. I have tried to edit xorg.conf, but can see
> nothing wrong with it, apart from a wrong attribution of screen - but teh
> settings look all right. Here below are the relevant lines. Please, can
> anyone suggest a fix? I already know that K(U)buntu misrecognises the
> screen inthe same way. Obviously I could reinstall Libranet 3 and update
> it ot Sarge again, but that doesn't seem sensible at this stage. But all
> suggestions sympathetically listened to.


I've had fun with xorg in the past... One suggestion I have is to always keep
copies of the files around and use symlinks to them. For example I have:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 16 2007-09-02 13:46 xorg.conf -> xorg.nvidia.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 2.0K 2007-06-13 23:07 xorg.nv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 2.4K 2007-09-03 15:17 xorg.nvidia.conf

I started with a stock xorg.conf file created by Debian xorg. From that I
manually added the correct screen settings for my PLE435S screen. I also
removed all screen resolutions that I didn't want.

I also maintain two versions, one with the more stable by only 2D xorg nv
driver and a second with the unstable but fancy 3D proprietary nvidia driver.
Because they are symlinked I can switch between them easily.

When you make changes always snapshot your current version, so you have it to
fall back to at a later stage...!

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Adam Trickett
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