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Is there in Fedora an utility which, like Ubuntu's "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg", can be used to reconfigure the X server (ie, editing the xorg.conf file) AT COMMAND LINE, when the X server does NOT start and consequently the "system-config-display" command is NOT working?
I always like the configuration utility that is provided by X Windows. Execute as root to create a new xorg.conf
Code:
cd ~ &&
mv /etc/X11/xorg.{conf,conf-old} &&
Xorg -configure
Then test your new configuration file
Code:
X -config ~/xorg.conf.new
You will only see a 'grey' background with black X cursor, but this indicates the X server is working. Exit with Control+Alt+Backspace. If the system does not work, take a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see what went wrong.
Now, as the root user, move the configuration file to the new directory
In Fedora Core and related distributions, you can run the command system-config-display even in text mode.
How can I do that?
If I launch that command in a pts/n terminal I obviously get the graphic mode.
If I launch it in a virtual terminal, say tty1, I get the graphic mode again, but in display :17.0 (by the way, why 17?).
How can I do that?
If I launch that command in a pts/n terminal I obviously get the graphic mode.
If I launch it in a virtual terminal, say tty1, I get the graphic mode again, but in display :17.0 (by the way, why 17?).
Its a graphical tool, that runs its own xserver if the xorg settings are not working properly. Anyway, try the solution suggested in the error message you got.
I understood that.
I thought it could be similar to "system-config-network" which, when launched from a VT, runs in text mode. I thought I could be missing some option to make "system-config-display" work the same way.
So my initial question becomes more relevant: is there in Fedora (or is it possible to yum install from Fedora's repos) any text-mode utility with which to configure the X server without having to manually edit xorg.conf??
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