xorg.conf file missing
Hi all.
I am currently setting up a new stage3 build of gentoo running gnome and cant find the xorg.conf file. X was setup with Xorg -configure and gnome installed after that. Both are running fine (I am posting this from the machine in question), but I dont seem to have an xorg.conf file anywhere!!! Not in /etc/X11 /etc/ /usr/etc/ /usr/lib/X11 Not anywhere !!! How is it working or where the hell is it!! |
Hya,
Check log, you will see where config is. My penguins has something like: Code:
X.Org X Server 1.4.2 |
look in /root, run it again and read the instructions!
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Thanks for the replies.
In /root/ there is an xorg.conf.new file which must be it. In the log I get: Quote:
Strange X cant find it either. (but still works) |
You didn't say on which distro this happens, you mention more than one in your profile.
The latest xorg works mostly by autodetection, and the xorg.conf is merely a placeholder right after installation, there is no critical information in it anymore. That is why X works without the config file. When you install X, you won't be asked for configuration information anymore. If there is a config file, xorg should process it and obey to the user preferences though. If you are installing a distribution which is not stable yet, the creation of xorg.conf could have been skipped due to a bug in the installation procedure. jlinkels |
I am using gentoo.
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Thanks for the info |
cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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well you may not be using the xorg you may be runing xvesa xorg.conf-vesa or xorg.conf-fbdev
the xvesa is loaded by default if there is know module to load. or the install scripts did not do there jobe. as root run level 3 non gui you know. do a xorgconfig. make sure you know all the answers before hand so you do not have to keep trying over and over. another way is to look at the xorg.conf-vesa and see some of it's setting first. |
if he has run X -configure and got a 'X' cursor then the above command will put a good config in the correct place.
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I have same issue as OP.
I am running Fedora10. I just installed the ATI drivers and I cannot configure them before reboot. When running Code:
/usr/bin/aticonfig --initial Code:
Warning: Could not find configuration file I'm scared to reboot because the last time I installed FC10 and ATI driver and rebooted and started X, I got the Black screen of death. |
I ended up having more luck running xorgcfg (from an x terminal)
This will bring up a graphical program to configure X. Have a play with that and see if it will generate the xorg.conf file. Sorry its been a while since I played with it. |
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The easiest way is to use the "vesa" driver in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. |
I've ditched Fedora and moved to Ubuntu 8.10. No problem with ATI drivers on the Ubuntu flavor of Linux. Maybe I'll try Fedora again some day when stuff like this is fixed. For a newbie like myself, it sure leaves a bad taste in your mouth when you try a flavor of Linux that makes you jump through all kinds of hoops just to get a video card to work.Personally, it's not worth my time.
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