accidentally modified xorg.conf
 

I accidentally modified the xorg.conf file. Can I just delete it or I am toasted?

I don't have a copy - blaming on the vi. I was just trying to look at it.

What distro? You might be able to use the package manager to reinstall a base xorg.conf or do a full reconfigure.

How extensively was it modified?

CentOS 5.0

It's screwed up totally. How do I do a reconfigure? I haven't shut down the system yet.

Looks like this:
************************************
# org configuration created by pyxf86config
rg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "savage"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
"xorg.conf" 118L, 2868C

# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "savage"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
"xorg.conf" 30L, 568C
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "savage"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
"xorg.conf" 30L, 568C
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "savage"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

gin as: root
root@192.168.3.237's password:
[root@IP-Linux ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg firefox install.log.syslog rdesktop.tar.gz vmware
Desktop install.log InstallShield software
[root@IP-Linux ~]# cd /etc/X11
[root@IP-Linux X11]# ls
applnk prefdm sysconfig xinit xorg.conf
fs serverconfig twm Xmodmap Xresources
[root@IP-Linux X11]# gedit xorg.conf
cannot open display:
Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options.
[root@IP-Linux X11]# vi xorg.conf
[root@IP-Linux X11]# vi xorg.conf
[root@IP-Linux X11]# vi xorg.conf
# org configuration created by pyxf86config
rg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "savage"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
"xorg.conf" 77L, 1696C
:x

You can just run "system-config-display --reconfig" as root and it should create a new working xorg.conf for you.