xorg.conf

[Brian]

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:05:24 +0000, Meat Plow wrote:

> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>
>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>
>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>
>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for
>>> > the life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the
>>> > ~/etc/X11/ folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need
>>> > to edit it to use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu
>>> > 7.10 with gnome (haven't change anything from a clean install from
>>> > the livecd. Does anyone know where I might find it?
>>> >
>>> > tia
>>>
>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I
>>> cannot see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>
>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
>>> find your xorg.conf.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>
>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>> user's. Sorry.
>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having
>> a regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if
>> that could be the difference.
>>
>>
> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.

okay here's what I got

brian@brian-laptop:~$ slocate xorg.conf
/var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
/var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster
/usr/share/xresprobe/xorg.conf
/usr/share/displayconfig-gtk/xorg.conf.fallback
/usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/
xorg.conf_disablectrlaltbackspacegnome
/usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/xorg.conf_disablenvidialogo
/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
brian@brian-laptop:~$

it's in the usr folder??

 

[Hadron]

Brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> writes:

> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:05:24 +0000, Meat Plow wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>>
>>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>>
>>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for
>>>> > the life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the
>>>> > ~/etc/X11/ folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need
>>>> > to edit it to use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu
>>>> > 7.10 with gnome (haven't change anything from a clean install from
>>>> > the livecd. Does anyone know where I might find it?
>>>> >
>>>> > tia
>>>>
>>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I
>>>> cannot see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>>
>>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
>>>> find your xorg.conf.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>>> user's. Sorry.
>>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
>>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having
>>> a regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if
>>> that could be the difference.
>>>
>>>
>> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
>
> okay here's what I got
>
> brian@brian-laptop:~$ slocate xorg.conf
> /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
> /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster
> /usr/share/xresprobe/xorg.conf
> /usr/share/displayconfig-gtk/xorg.conf.fallback
> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/
> xorg.conf_disablectrlaltbackspacegnome
> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/xorg.conf_disablenvidialogo
> /usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
> brian@brian-laptop:~$
>
> it's in the usr folder??

Did you or did you not type

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

into a terminal?

I strongly advise against doing anything with xorg if you are having
this much trouble. Is it possible you have already deleted it by
mistake?

 

[Brian]

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:05:58 +0100, Hadron wrote:

> Brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:05:24 +0000, Meat Plow wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>>>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>>>
>>>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for
>>>>> > the life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the
>>>>> > ~/etc/X11/ folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I
>>>>> > need to edit it to use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using
>>>>> > Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome (haven't change anything from a clean
>>>>> > install from the livecd. Does anyone know where I might find it?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > tia
>>>>>
>>>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I
>>>>> cannot see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>>>
>>>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll
>>>>> probably find your xorg.conf.
>>>>>
>>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>>>> user's. Sorry.
>>>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
>>>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros
>>>> having a regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I
>>>> wonder if that could be the difference.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
>>
>> okay here's what I got
>>
>> brian@brian-laptop:~$ slocate xorg.conf /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
>> /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster
>> /usr/share/xresprobe/xorg.conf
>> /usr/share/displayconfig-gtk/xorg.conf.fallback
>> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/
>> xorg.conf_disablectrlaltbackspacegnome
>> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/xorg.conf_disablenvidialogo
>> /usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
>> brian@brian-laptop:~$
>>
>> it's in the usr folder??
>
> Did you or did you not type
>
> sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> into a terminal?
>
> I strongly advise against doing anything with xorg if you are having
> this much trouble. Is it possible you have already deleted it by
> mistake?

okay, I just did sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf it asked me for my
password, did that. Now it opens a blank doc in edit??? I know I didn't
delete it, all I've been doing is searching. What do you think is
happening? Is this a file I can get off of the livecd?

thanks

 

[Hadron]

Brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> writes:

> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:05:58 +0100, Hadron wrote:
>
>> Brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:05:24 +0000, Meat Plow wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>>>>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for
>>>>>> > the life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the
>>>>>> > ~/etc/X11/ folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I
>>>>>> > need to edit it to use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using
>>>>>> > Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome (haven't change anything from a clean
>>>>>> > install from the livecd. Does anyone know where I might find it?
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > tia
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I
>>>>>> cannot see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll
>>>>>> probably find your xorg.conf.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>
>>>>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>>>>> user's. Sorry.
>>>>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
>>>>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros
>>>>> having a regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I
>>>>> wonder if that could be the difference.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
>>>
>>> okay here's what I got
>>>
>>> brian@brian-laptop:~$ slocate xorg.conf /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
>>> /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster
>>> /usr/share/xresprobe/xorg.conf
>>> /usr/share/displayconfig-gtk/xorg.conf.fallback
>>> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/
>>> xorg.conf_disablectrlaltbackspacegnome
>>> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/xorg.conf_disablenvidialogo
>>> /usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
>>> brian@brian-laptop:~$
>>>
>>> it's in the usr folder??
>>
>> Did you or did you not type
>>
>> sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>> into a terminal?
>>
>> I strongly advise against doing anything with xorg if you are having
>> this much trouble. Is it possible you have already deleted it by
>> mistake?
>
> okay, I just did sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf it asked me for my
> password, did that. Now it opens a blank doc in edit??? I know I didn't
> delete it, all I've been doing is searching. What do you think is
> happening? Is this a file I can get off of the livecd?
>
> thanks

lets just clarify a thing or too here :

1) This is a running system? Ubuntu? What version?
2) Do you have a GUI desktop running or is it full screen?
3) what is the output of the following from a terminal :

ls -l /etc/X11/xorg.*

4) If (3) does nothing then google up how to reconfigure xorg.conf in
ubuntu - I think it will rewrite it for you.

Here, I did the google for you:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=231054

 

[Brian]

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:43:26 +0100, Hadron wrote:

> Brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> writes:
>
>> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:05:58 +0100, Hadron wrote:
>>
>>> Brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:05:24 +0000, Meat Plow wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>>>>>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and
>>>>>>> > for the life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in
>>>>>>> > the ~/etc/X11/ folder but it's not (I did a search for it also).
>>>>>>> > I need to edit it to use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm
>>>>>>> > using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome (haven't change anything from a
>>>>>>> > clean install from the livecd. Does anyone know where I might
>>>>>>> > find it?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > tia
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I
>>>>>>> cannot see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll
>>>>>>> probably find your xorg.conf.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>>>>>> user's. Sorry.
>>>>>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need
>>>>>> to start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros
>>>>>> having a regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I
>>>>>> wonder if that could be the difference.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
>>>>
>>>> okay here's what I got
>>>>
>>>> brian@brian-laptop:~$ slocate xorg.conf /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
>>>> /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster
>>>> /usr/share/xresprobe/xorg.conf
>>>> /usr/share/displayconfig-gtk/xorg.conf.fallback
>>>> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/
>>>> xorg.conf_disablectrlaltbackspacegnome
>>>> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/xorg.conf_disablenvidialogo
>>>> /usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
>>>> brian@brian-laptop:~$
>>>>
>>>> it's in the usr folder??
>>>
>>> Did you or did you not type
>>>
>>> sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>
>>> into a terminal?
>>>
>>> I strongly advise against doing anything with xorg if you are having
>>> this much trouble. Is it possible you have already deleted it by
>>> mistake?
>>
>> okay, I just did sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf it asked me for my
>> password, did that. Now it opens a blank doc in edit??? I know I didn't
>> delete it, all I've been doing is searching. What do you think is
>> happening? Is this a file I can get off of the livecd?
>>
>> thanks
>
> lets just clarify a thing or too here :
>
> 1) This is a running system? Ubuntu? What version? 2) Do you have a GUI
> desktop running or is it full screen? 3) what is the output of the
> following from a terminal :
>
> ls -l /etc/X11/xorg.*
>
> 4) If (3) does nothing then google up how to reconfigure xorg.conf in
> ubuntu - I think it will rewrite it for you.
>
> Here, I did the google for you:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=231054

1 = Yes running right now. Ubuntu 7.10
2 = Not sure what you mean, if you are asking what manager it's gnome
3 = brian@brian-laptop:~$ ls -l /etc/X11/xorg.*
ls: /etc/X11/xorg.*: No such file or directory
4 = thanks for the google, I'll check it out

 

[Brian]

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:43:26 +0100, Hadron wrote:

> Brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> writes:
>
>> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:05:58 +0100, Hadron wrote:
>>
>>> Brian <my@ddress.is.invalid> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:05:24 +0000, Meat Plow wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>>>>>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and
>>>>>>> > for the life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in
>>>>>>> > the ~/etc/X11/ folder but it's not (I did a search for it also).
>>>>>>> > I need to edit it to use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm
>>>>>>> > using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome (haven't change anything from a
>>>>>>> > clean install from the livecd. Does anyone know where I might
>>>>>>> > find it?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > tia
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I
>>>>>>> cannot see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll
>>>>>>> probably find your xorg.conf.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>>>>>> user's. Sorry.
>>>>>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need
>>>>>> to start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros
>>>>>> having a regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I
>>>>>> wonder if that could be the difference.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
>>>>
>>>> okay here's what I got
>>>>
>>>> brian@brian-laptop:~$ slocate xorg.conf /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
>>>> /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster
>>>> /usr/share/xresprobe/xorg.conf
>>>> /usr/share/displayconfig-gtk/xorg.conf.fallback
>>>> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/
>>>> xorg.conf_disablectrlaltbackspacegnome
>>>> /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu/sample/xorg.conf_disablenvidialogo
>>>> /usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
>>>> brian@brian-laptop:~$
>>>>
>>>> it's in the usr folder??
>>>
>>> Did you or did you not type
>>>
>>> sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>
>>> into a terminal?
>>>
>>> I strongly advise against doing anything with xorg if you are having
>>> this much trouble. Is it possible you have already deleted it by
>>> mistake?
>>
>> okay, I just did sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf it asked me for my
>> password, did that. Now it opens a blank doc in edit??? I know I didn't
>> delete it, all I've been doing is searching. What do you think is
>> happening? Is this a file I can get off of the livecd?
>>
>> thanks
>
> lets just clarify a thing or too here :
>
> 1) This is a running system? Ubuntu? What version? 2) Do you have a GUI
> desktop running or is it full screen? 3) what is the output of the
> following from a terminal :
>
> ls -l /etc/X11/xorg.*
>
> 4) If (3) does nothing then google up how to reconfigure xorg.conf in
> ubuntu - I think it will rewrite it for you.
>
> Here, I did the google for you:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=231054

Okay got it. Now I have xorg.conf. WooHoo. Thanks for your help.
It still didn't fix the issue I have with the touchpad but hey, I learned
something. Thanks again.

 

[Bob Martin]

in 26935 20071205 201621 clay <clay@mation.com> wrote:
>Meat Plow wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>>
>>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>>
>>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
>>>> > life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
>>>> > folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
>>>> > use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
>>>> > (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
>>>> > anyone know where I might find it?
>>>> >
>>>> > tia
>>>>
>>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I cannot
>>>> see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>>
>>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
>>>> find your xorg.conf.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>>> user's. Sorry.
>>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
>>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having a
>>> regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if that
>>> could be the difference.
>>>
>>
>> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
>
>crap... as long as we're going to all the trouble to open a terminal,
>why not just:
>cd /etc/X11/
>ls xorg*
>*g*

That assumes you already know where it is.
This thread is about locating it

 

[Bob Martin]

in 26935 20071205 201621 clay <clay@mation.com> wrote:
>Meat Plow wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>>
>>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>>
>>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
>>>> > life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
>>>> > folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
>>>> > use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
>>>> > (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
>>>> > anyone know where I might find it?
>>>> >
>>>> > tia
>>>>
>>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I cannot
>>>> see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>>
>>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
>>>> find your xorg.conf.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>>> user's. Sorry.
>>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
>>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having a
>>> regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if that
>>> could be the difference.
>>>
>>
>> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
>
>crap... as long as we're going to all the trouble to open a terminal,
>why not just:
>cd /etc/X11/
>ls xorg*
>*g*

That assumes you already know where it is.
This thread is about locating it

 

[Bob Martin]

in 26935 20071205 201621 clay <clay@mation.com> wrote:
>Meat Plow wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:55 -0500, brian wrote:
>>
>>> In article <fj6tju$f7a$1@cb.generation-online.de>,
>>> Simon Gerber <simugerber@student.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>> brian wrote on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:09:14 -0500:
>>>>
>>>> > okay, I've hit google and a couple of linux (ubuntu) sites and for the
>>>> > life of me I cannot find xorg.conf file. It should be in the ~/etc/X11/
>>>> > folder but it's not (I did a search for it also). I need to edit it to
>>>> > use the Gsynaptics touchpad program. I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 with gnome
>>>> > (haven't change anything from a clean install from the livecd. Does
>>>> > anyone know where I might find it?
>>>> >
>>>> > tia
>>>>
>>>> If you mistyped and meant /etc/X11 instead of *~*/etc/X11 then I cannot
>>>> see where your xorg.conf might be.
>>>>
>>>> However if you didn't mistype peek into /etc/X11 where you'll probably
>>>> find your xorg.conf.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Whoops. I thought "~" meant that it is the root directory not the
>>> user's. Sorry.
>>> I did, however, look into /etc/X11/ and couldn't see it. Do I need to
>>> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having a
>>> regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if that
>>> could be the difference.
>>>
>>
>> Just open a terminal and type slocate xorg.conf.
>
>crap... as long as we're going to all the trouble to open a terminal,
>why not just:
>cd /etc/X11/
>ls xorg*
>*g*

That assumes you already know where it is.
This thread is about locating it

 

[brian]

In article <5rof8sF15lcgcU2@mid.individual.net>,
Derek Turner <frderek@cesmail.net> wrote:

> Meat Plow wrote:
> Do I need to
> >> start my file manager as root? I seem to remember other distros having a
> >> regular file manager and then one with root privileges. I wonder if that
> >> could be the difference.
> >>
> when you find it (see above) use sudo gedit xorg.conf in a terminal to
> launch the editor in root mode.
> >
Interesting thing is when I sudo gedit xorg.conf it opens it up and is
blank! If I just start gedit (sudo gedit) then go to file>open>xorg.conf
it opens as expected with all of the text. Strange.