[resolved]cant find the /etc/xorg.conf

zjsxwc · 2011-04-05 12:20:01

i want to configure the xorg, but i cant find the /etc/xorg.conf and X -configure cant work
im a beginner in using arch ,what should i do

Last edited by zjsxwc (2011-04-05 13:56:00)

SS4 · 2011-04-05 12:20:55

xorg.conf is usually found in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

How far have you got in the beginner's guide? Have you installed X for example?

edit: xorg.conf is largely depreciated now, only the non free nvidia drivers use it

Last edited by SS4 (2011-04-05 12:21:33)

zjsxwc · 2011-04-05 12:34:30

SS4 wrote:

xorg.conf is usually found in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
How far have you got in the beginner's guide? Have you installed X for example?

i installed the xorg follow the wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg), i cant find /etc/X11/xorg.conf either：（ sorry for my bad english

SS4 wrote:

edit: xorg.conf is largely depreciated now, only the non free nvidia drivers use it

edit: xorg.conf is largely depreciated ? so , how to configure the xorg?

Last edited by zjsxwc (2011-04-05 13:44:04)

karol · 2011-04-05 12:40:52

You're in the console and type 'startx' - what happens? If X boots OK than it has properly autoconfigured itself.

If there are errors, please post them.
What graphics card are you using, what drivers, what WM / DE?

zjsxwc · 2011-04-05 12:51:23

karol wrote:

You're in the console and type 'startx' - what happens? If X boots OK than it has properly autoconfigured itself.
If there are errors, please post them.
What graphics card are you using, what drivers, what WM / DE?

X boots OK，but after used the command " grep _drv.so /var/log/Xorg.0.log" ,i find it uses the vesa (xf86-video-vesa) graphics card drive which i dont expect

karol · 2011-04-05 12:54:01

zjsxwc wrote:

karol wrote:
You're in the console and type 'startx' - what happens? If X boots OK than it has properly autoconfigured itself.
If there are errors, please post them.
What graphics card are you using, what drivers, what WM / DE?
X boots OK，but after used the command " grep _drv.so /var/log/Xorg.0.log" ,i find it uses the vesa (xf86-video-vesa) graphics card drive which i dont expect

What's the output of

pacman -Qqs xf86-video

?
Can you tell us what graphics card are you using?

zjsxwc · 2011-04-05 13:06:29

sorry ,i use the vmWare not a real computer ,i dont konw which graphics card it is
the output ：

# pacman -Qqs xf86-video
xf86-video-apm
xf86-video-ark
xf86-video-ast
xf86-video-ati
xf86-video-chips
xf86-video-cirrus
xf86-video-dummy
xf86-video-fbdev
xf86-video-geode
xf86-video-glint
xf86-video-i128
xf86-video-i740
xf86-video-intel
xf86-video-mach64
xf86-video-mga
xf86-video-neomagic
xf86-video-nv
xf86-video-r128
xf86-video-rendition
xf86-video-s3
xf86-video-s3virge
xf86-video-savage
xf86-video-siliconmotion
xf86-video-sis
xf86-video-sisusb
xf86-video-tdfx
xf86-video-trident
xf86-video-tseng
xf86-video-v4l
xf86-video-vesa
xf86-video-vmware
xf86-video-voodoo
xf86-video-xgi
xf86-video-xgixp

Last edited by zjsxwc (2011-04-05 13:29:19)

karol · 2011-04-05 13:21:47

When pasting code, please use [ code ] tags https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

I think you only need xf86-video-vesa and xf86-video-vmware https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … _in_VMware

Last edited by karol (2011-04-05 13:22:14)

zjsxwc · 2011-04-05 13:35:25

karol wrote:

When pasting code, please use [ code ] tags https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode
I think you only need xf86-video-vesa and xf86-video-vmware https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … _in_VMware

thx，i want to use xf86-video-vmware not xf86-video-vesa，how to confgure it ? i cant find the xorg.conf,where is it？can i confgure xorg without xorg.conf ?

Inxsible · 2011-04-05 13:49:37

As mentioned previously, xorg.conf is deprecated. You don't really need one, but you can create one from scratch and use it too. Just put in all the settings you need in the file under /etc/xorg.conf.

Instead of xorg.conf, Xorg now uses a bunch of files under /etc/xorg.conf.d. You can have separate files for you monitor configuration and so on and so forth.

To get a better understanding, please read the Xorg page on the Arch wiki.

karol · 2011-04-05 13:51:15

xorg.conf is usually not used anymore. You can write you own configuration file and put it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d e.g. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf for mouse and keyboard settings and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf for screen settings.

Edit: Seems that Inxsible beat me to it, but I'll add a quote from the wiki anyway:

Modern versions of Xorg are automatically configured. If you are using a manual configuration, set the mouse driver to "vmmouse".

Last edited by karol (2011-04-05 13:55:18)

zjsxwc · 2011-04-05 13:55:23

Inxsible wrote:

Instead of xorg.conf, Xorg now uses a bunch of files under /etc/xorg.conf.d. You can have separate files for you monitor configuration and so on and so forth.
To get a better understanding, please read the Xorg page on the Arch wiki.

karol wrote:

xorg.conf is usually not used anymore. You can write you own configuration file and put it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d e.g. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf for mouse and keyboard settings and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf for screen settings.

thank you a lot
i know what to do

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