Re: [Hampshire] FW: Missing xorg.conf

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Author: Russell Morris
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] FW: Missing xorg.conf
Hi again!

What resolution do you desire? If you let me know what make/model monitor
you have, the offer is still there for me to knock up an xorg.conf that
'should' work.

Russell.

On 5 September 2010 15:00, Rob Malpass <linux@???> wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hampshire-bounces@??? [mailto:hampshire-
> > bounces@???] On Behalf Of Victor Churchill
> > Sent: 04 September 2010 20:47
> > To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
> > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] FW: Missing xorg.conf
> >
> > Hi Russell
> >
> > I have had similar issues in the past (windows too large for a screen)
> > - can you use the Alt+Left-click function to grab the window
> > (anywhere) and drag it so you can get to the OK/Cancel buttons?
> >
> > --
> > regards,
> >
> > Victor Churchill,
> > Bournemouth
>
> Thanks. Things have moved on a bit but I now have two extremes:
> 1) With no xorg.conf I can get it to run in 800x600 without using the nvdia
> driver. This is just about usable but hardly ideal.
> 2) To attempt to get it to use the nvidia driver I need to do:
>
> sudo nvidia-xconfig
>
> but doing so and rebooting leaves my monitor in standby - I don't even get
> to the login screen after the initial BIOS messages.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
>
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