xorg.conf

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:00:14 -0600, Moe Trin wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.ubuntu, in article
> <1f3k5r.9k4.19.7@news.alt.net>, Meat Plow wrote:
>
>>Mark South wrote:
>
>>> find /etc -iname xorg.conf
>>
> Find can be made to run faster by (as here) limiting the area of the
> filesystem that is searched.

On my system that command finds xorg.conf in 0.013s, didn't have much time
to do a lot while I was waiting ;-)
 


On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:50:12 -0700, Daniel Willard wrote:

> brian wrote:
>> 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
> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool,
> using # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual
> page. # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades
> *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the
> xserver-xorg # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
> updated # again, run the following command:
> # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> An excerpt from /etc/X11/xorg.conf on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

thanks
 
On 2007-12-05, brian hit the keyboard and wrote:

> 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?

OK I've read the thread and I know the OP *found* it.

As I just yesterday, exchanged my 17' CRT Monitor with a 19' LCD
I'll recap the story of how I got the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the
"Live-CD".

Booted the PC, selected the highest resolution (F4) feasible for the
Monitor. When the OS was up and running,
in a terminal I did sudo -i
then "mkdir /ubu"
"mount -t auto /dev/sdxy /ubu" (depends on the situation i.e.
can also be /dev/hdxy) where my installation of Ubuntu 7.10 is.

cd'd into /etc/X11 (this is the "Live-CD" / )
looked for xorg.conf, sure enough it was there.
in the /ubu/etc/X11 directory I changed the 17' xorg.conf to a
backup. "mv xorg.conf xorg-17.conf" copied
"cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /ubu/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

rebooted, and except for the console which needs a bit work, it
works fine.

Hope this will be helpful to someone down the road... :)



>
> tia



Dragomir Kollaric
--
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produces a 200 fpm descent."
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Dragomir Kollaric <Dragomir@Slivowitz.invalid.org> writes:

> On 2007-12-05, brian hit the keyboard and wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> OK I've read the thread and I know the OP *found* it.
>
> As I just yesterday, exchanged my 17' CRT Monitor with a 19' LCD
> I'll recap the story of how I got the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the
> "Live-CD".
>
> Booted the PC, selected the highest resolution (F4) feasible for the
> Monitor. When the OS was up and running,
> in a terminal I did sudo -i
> then "mkdir /ubu"
> "mount -t auto /dev/sdxy /ubu" (depends on the situation i.e.
> can also be /dev/hdxy) where my installation of Ubuntu 7.10 is.
>
> cd'd into /etc/X11 (this is the "Live-CD" / )
> looked for xorg.conf, sure enough it was there.
> in the /ubu/etc/X11 directory I changed the 17' xorg.conf to a
> backup. "mv xorg.conf xorg-17.conf" copied
> "cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /ubu/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
>
> rebooted, and except for the console which needs a bit work, it
> works fine.
>
> Hope this will be helpful to someone down the road... :)

Probably not, since this NG isn't stored in the google archives AFAIK.

At the end of the day he deleted his xorg.conf I suspect.

I beliebe that the only thing he had to do was:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

(oh, and understand how file names and paths work :-;)
 
Dragomir Kollaric wrote:

> On 2007-12-05, brian hit the keyboard and wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> OK I've read the thread and I know the OP *found* it.
>
> As I just yesterday, exchanged my 17' CRT Monitor with a 19' LCD
> I'll recap the story of how I got the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the
> "Live-CD".
>
And why would you do this?

> Booted the PC, selected the highest resolution (F4) feasible for the
> Monitor. When the OS was up and running,
> in a terminal I did sudo -i
> then "mkdir /ubu"
> "mount -t auto /dev/sdxy /ubu" (depends on the situation i.e.
> can also be /dev/hdxy) where my installation of Ubuntu 7.10 is.
>
> cd'd into /etc/X11 (this is the "Live-CD" / )
> looked for xorg.conf, sure enough it was there.
> in the /ubu/etc/X11 directory I changed the 17' xorg.conf to a
> backup. "mv xorg.conf xorg-17.conf" copied
> "cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /ubu/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
>
> rebooted, and except for the console which needs a bit work, it
> works fine.
>
> Hope this will be helpful to someone down the road... :)
>
Probably not as it's a very convoluted way to get a fresh xorg.conf
installed. :)

Cheers.

--
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Another US president declared a war on drugs. Drugs won.
This US president declared a war on terror. Terror won.
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On 2007-12-09, NoStop hit the keyboard and wrote:
> Dragomir Kollaric wrote:
>
>> On 2007-12-05, brian hit the keyboard and wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> OK I've read the thread and I know the OP *found* it.
>>
>> As I just yesterday, exchanged my 17' CRT Monitor with a 19' LCD
>> I'll recap the story of how I got the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the
>> "Live-CD".
>>
> And why would you do this?

Well, when I run nvidia-xconfig it produced a file, but when
I started X-session (Xfce at the moment) the Monitor
displayed an error "Not Supported". Being worried that I
might damage the Monitor, I turned it off after it started
to flash. Not being able to get any X-session going,
to search for the solution I choose this approach. Now
*after* googling I found that I could run "dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg" and this would have been solved.

Maybe its this rather *cheap" "Chinese" made Monitor.....

<cut>
>


Dragomir Kollaric
--
Problem: "Autopilot in altitude hold mode
produces a 200 fpm descent."
Solution: "Cannot reproduce problem on ground."
 
Dragomir Kollaric wrote:

> On 2007-12-09, NoStop hit the keyboard and wrote:
>> Dragomir Kollaric wrote:
>>
>>> On 2007-12-05, brian hit the keyboard and wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> OK I've read the thread and I know the OP *found* it.
>>>
>>> As I just yesterday, exchanged my 17' CRT Monitor with a 19' LCD
>>> I'll recap the story of how I got the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the
>>> "Live-CD".
>>>
>> And why would you do this?
>
> Well, when I run nvidia-xconfig it produced a file, but when
> I started X-session (Xfce at the moment) the Monitor
> displayed an error "Not Supported". Being worried that I
> might damage the Monitor, I turned it off after it started
> to flash. Not being able to get any X-session going,
> to search for the solution I choose this approach. Now
> *after* googling I found that I could run "dpkg-reconfigure
> xserver-xorg" and this would have been solved.
>
Yep, that's the correct approach.

Cheers.

--
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Another US president declared a war on drugs. Drugs won.
This US president declared a war on terror. Terror won.
Next?

 
NoStop wrote:

>> As I just yesterday, exchanged my 17' CRT Monitor with a 19' LCD
>> I'll recap the story of how I got the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the
>> "Live-CD".
>>
> And why would you do this?

I've done that a couple times now after borking up an original. It's a
handy way of generating a usable default. Boot to the LiveCD, mount
the partition in question, and copy over the file. Just like magic your
"dead" system is transformed into a full working model. :)

[...]

>> Hope this will be helpful to someone down the road... :)
>>
> Probably not as it's a very convoluted way to get a fresh xorg.conf
> installed. :)

Is there an easier, less convoluted way to create a fully working
xorg.conf file? Do you *really* think blowing away the offending bad
file and running 'dpkg reconfigure' is either of those things?

I know I don't. ;)
 
NoStop wrote:

>> As I just yesterday, exchanged my 17' CRT Monitor with a 19' LCD
>> I'll recap the story of how I got the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the
>> "Live-CD".
>>
> And why would you do this?

I've done that a couple times now after borking up an original. It's a
handy way of generating a usable default. Boot to the LiveCD, mount
the partition in question, and copy over the file. Just like magic your
"dead" system is transformed into a full working model. :)

[...]

>> Hope this will be helpful to someone down the road... :)
>>
> Probably not as it's a very convoluted way to get a fresh xorg.conf
> installed. :)

Is there an easier, less convoluted way to create a fully working
xorg.conf file? Do you *really* think blowing away the offending bad
file and running 'dpkg reconfigure' is either of those things?

I know I don't. ;)
 
Central Scrutinizer wrote:

> NoStop wrote:
>
>>> As I just yesterday, exchanged my 17' CRT Monitor with a 19' LCD
>>> I'll recap the story of how I got the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the
>>> "Live-CD".
>>>
>> And why would you do this?
>
> I've done that a couple times now after borking up an original.

If you're this prone to "borking up an original", why don't you just do this
after a fresh install or before playing around with xorg.conf:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original

.... and have a backup readily available.

> It's a
> handy way of generating a usable default. Boot to the LiveCD, mount
> the partition in question, and copy over the file. Just like magic your
> "dead" system is transformed into a full working model. :)
>
> [...]
>
>>> Hope this will be helpful to someone down the road... :)
>>>
>> Probably not as it's a very convoluted way to get a fresh xorg.conf
>> installed. :)
>
> Is there an easier, less convoluted way to create a fully working
> xorg.conf file? Do you *really* think blowing away the offending bad
> file and running 'dpkg reconfigure' is either of those things?
>
Yes. Another option to create a new xorg.conf is to run the Xorg command
with the -configure option. See: man Xorg for more info. The previous
command is probably a better option. Also, some proprietary drivers come
with a utility to create a fresh xorg.conf. One example is the command
fglrxconf for ATI proprietary drivers.

> I know I don't. ;)

Cheers.

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