[SOLVED] xorg.conf - What am I Doing Wrong?

Penguin Guy · 2009-06-26 18:04:59

Put xorg.conf in /etc/X11 and run startx rather than running X -config xorg.conf.new. My computer is working okay on the vesa driver ATM. I guess the main problem is that Arch Linux is simply not for me. Back to Ubuntu. Thanks for all the help.

Last edited by Penguin Guy (2009-06-27 16:33:22)

Mr.Elendig · 2009-06-26 18:06:51

The simplest way might be to let others see your setup and confng, so that we can tell you what you are doing wrong, so that you can learn from your mistakes.

Edit: Other than that, X -configure + wiki + brain 'works for me(tm)'

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2009-06-26 18:07:39)

basov · 2009-06-26 18:11:39

Xorg can be quite difficult to configure indeed.
Finding what options suit your graphics are hard to find

with this new xorg and hal combination (hotplugging) some effort is done by hal.
but as I recall the hwd tool also does quite a nice job.

I'm using the catalyst driver and it comes with its own xorg.conf config tool,
I and belive nVidia also has a tool with the propietary driver.

Perhaps this cleared things up just a little...

Llama · 2009-06-26 18:12:41

99(.9)% of what you may possibly need is in the Beginner's Guide. Read it carefully. BTW, in this day and age you may get away without any xorg.conf at all, depending on your hardware.

Crows · 2009-06-26 18:13:11

Penguin Guy wrote:

I have deliberately not posted my xorg.conf because I don't want to be dependant on other people to get an Arch installation running - I want to be able to do it myself.

That's fair enough - but honestly, it's pretty hard for others to know what you have/haven't tried. Did you follow the wiki? Beginner's guide? Xorg guide? Do you have hardware that has known issues? We can't tell without something to go on.

Besides - the important thing is that you know what you're doing wrong so you can avoid it the next time. I know I wouldn't even have got past the installer without at least a little help from the good 'ole interweb.

Nepherte · 2009-06-26 18:21:03

The easiest way would be to completely remove the xorg.conf file and let X detect everything itself. You can figure out what might be wrong by looking at the /var/log/xorg.0.log files (or whatever they are called), the entries labeled with EE indicate errors, those are the most interesting ones. Other than that, depending on the driver and card you use, configuration might be harder or easier.

Gen2ly · 2009-06-26 18:56:14

Yeah, hal does a good job of detecting for me but some people like to not have to rely on hal. I got hal loaded and a real basic xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"              0 0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    Option         "DPMS"                 "false"
    Gamma           0.91 0.90 0.92
EndSection
Section "Device"
    Identifier      "Device0"
    Driver          "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
    Identifier      "Screen0"
    Monitor         "Monitor0"
EndSection

antarbozi · 2009-06-27 10:32:11

I'm not sure if this is going to work but in the subsection try adding:

 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"

Such that the last subsection looks like:

    
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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