I love Linux, but, for many it seems, one of the most frustrating things about all distros is that you do not know that you will have xorg issues until/after you have got through a sometimes long install.

IS there not a clever person somewhere that can at least give a choice of the most basic xorg's during an install, (more especially for screen resolutions) before they get to the early hours of the morning and run into resolution problems, especially for older computers. The last thing ALL users will want to do when they have finished the install of any Linux is to spend time searching for solutions when all they want to do is play with their new distro. All it would take is for the installers (person) to KNOW their resolution prior install.

I know there could/will/ be other issue for many, sound etc but if they can at least see what they are spitting at correctly it would ease what can be a pretty frustrating time for many.

Am I being too simplistic or just simple ;-)

Most distributions have gotten away from using xorg.conf, actually.

Also, most distributions have a Live CD you can test-drive before installing, to see how well your hardware is supported.

Yes, that is true of course and if it worked as it should/could for all, forums would not be littered with the resolution questions. Some people, for whatever reason, cannot ALL use live cd's or they are not available for their architecture.

Again, as I said, mainly for older computers where more often than not the user is less well read regarding Linux.

I understand it is minority vs majority but anything that puts a possibe new Linux user off of using it is a bad thing in my opinion.

I checked your post history but did not see where you tried to get help for your resolution problem. If you are frustrated, then post details of your hardware and the specific problem, so we can un-frustrate you.

You are reading betweeen the lines, I never said that I have a resolution problem currently.
When and if I do, I will ask directly and furnish the forum with specific details.

My original question was to simply ask if a resolution workaround could be implimented during install for those that have could difficulty once the distro is loaded due to resolution not being recognised.

With current Linux, if you want a GUI, you need X.

When I first used Linux eight years ago I found myself in xorg.conf, mostly to get my mouse working correctly, but I did need to tinker with resolutions a bit.

I haven't had to do that in years. Based on my experience--and I have run a number of distros in the interim--I do think that most of those problems have been solved.

Afterthought:

The problems I encountered were not so much related to the computers I have used, but to the monitors I was using, plus getting the three-button mouse to work properly. The first computer I ran Linux (Slackware 10.0) on was an IBM PC-300, one of the original Pentiums.

Errrrrr, as far as I know. Vesa is still a option during the install process if you read up on the wiki of any Linux distro.

If that is too hard. AntiX and Puppy have a gui for doing just that before install or running Live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kCotJWcoiE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVOH3mo3Gw

Any other footwork needs to be done by the questioner.

I'll have to check that out. Making mistakes is how I learn.

Thanks.

Yeah, Ubuntu and Mint call it safe graphics mode (I think)

I am pretty sure the rpm distros have the same choice also.