editing xorg.conf

ololad8 · 07-24-2006, 08:39 PM

i just joined the suse world today hell i just joined the linux world this month and i must say it is SICK i looooove what suse does with gnome it looks great. one small problem, i have to edit my xorg.conf to put in the correct values for my monitor (vertrefresh, horizsynch, etc) however i cant edit the file. i tried to do it as root but no result.

p.s. does anyone know how to installl nforce drivers (i am pretty sure that forcedeth requires a cold reboot every damn time i want use linux. nforce drivers do not.)

johnson_steve · 07-24-2006, 09:22 PM

How are you trying to edit the file?

onjoo · 07-25-2006, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ololad8

one small problem, i have to edit my xorg.conf to put in the correct values for my monitor (vertrefresh, horizsynch, etc) however i cant edit the file. i tried to do it as root but no result.

Im a bit confused. You tried editing with what?
And you are using a Suse Linux 9.x/10.x or Enterprise version or what?

I havent had any problems in editing xorg.conf in suse. Well actually with SLED I couldn't find a pico or nano, so had to manually download and install from SL 10.1. installation source, but other than that haven't had problems.

ololad8 · 07-25-2006, 07:33 AM

opensuse 10.1. when i open the file i cant change anything. so are you saying i should use gedit or other editors. i actually tried to got to /etc.x11.xorg.conf

johnson_steve · 07-25-2006, 10:39 AM

I would use nano as root in a terminal but you still didn't say what editor you were trying to use (or is that what you meant by 'are you saying i should use gedit',) and it's not '/etc.x11.xorg.conf' it's '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' and capitalization and punctuation are very important!

if you are trying to edit this file as your normal user it won't let you save the changes this is supposed to happen. you must be root.

Micro420 · 07-25-2006, 10:53 AM

Open up a terminal window

Code:

su
(enter password)
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf  <-- straight terminal editing
kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf  <-- if you're using KDE
gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf   <-- if you're using GNOME