I don't find in xorg.conf specifications
 

Hi,
In previous release of xorg, debian etch for example , all options of xorg are saved on /etc/X11/xorg.conf,. now with lenny , I don't find in xorg.conf specifications for depth or resolution for example, Where are they stored ?.

On ubuntu, the monitor caracteristics are stored (owned by user ) in /home/user/.gnome2/monitors.xml ???? . If I want to change it for all users ???
thanks
bela

sometimes the initial installation won't put everything in. Try running xorgconfig.

You can also manually edit the file. The format is available using "man xorg.conf"

The file just contains something like this


Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

But where are the depth, the resolution and other properties ??

The man xorg.conf is not clear about this !!!

That looks more like a template. Run xorgconfig and it will put in most things, then you can edit by hand.

If you don't like the man page, try this:
http://www.x.org/docs/man/man.pdf

Sorry to crash this post,but i have exactly the same situation with a fresh install of Lenny Amd64.Should "xorgconf" be run without x running?
When i try to run this from the command line i just get command not found?
I also tried the above command as root,with the same result?

Regards.
The trooper.

It's "xorgconfig". In my experience it comes with X by default.

I can run xorgconfig on my machines while X is running. Any changes will take effect when X is re-started.

Depending on the distro, you sometimes have to do "su -" to get the root environment, including PATH. I don't know if and how this affects xorgconfig.

My eyes must be going!:)
Thanks for the reply pixellany

Or it looks like the xorg.conf for newer versions of X. Both the OP and the Trooper say they are in Lenny. In that case, their "blankish" xorg.conf is normal.

Here's mine on a perfectly-functioning Lenny: Look, Ma, no values. The idea seems to be that everything is auto-configured. The problem is what to do when the auto- part doesn't work so well. In some cases, writing values into the xorg.conf in this situation doesn't seem to help, since X ignores those values anyhow.

Also, I never have seen a clear answer to the obvious question: where are the values (the auto-detected, auto-configured ones) being stored? The machine has to have values somewhere, no?

You wouldn't be running an intel 950 graphics chipset with the "empty" xorg.conf? IIRC xrandr now handles that driver in lenny and sid. You might be able to get the old function back by grabbing xserver-xorg-video-i810 from etch.

It is not a template, Here is the content of xorg.conf of a machine running correclty ( on debian lenny ), here is the dump


debian225:/home/bela# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# xorg.conf (X.Org 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 xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man 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

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbVariant" "latin9"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Did you google the intel driver thingy I posted for pages like this http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_...ccelerator_950 ?