Re: xorg configuration

2011-08-29 Thread Brian
On Sun 28 Aug 2011 at 20:54:58 +0200, Andreas Berglund wrote: > I have xorg on autodetect, but it frequently gets things wrong about the > resolution the monitor provides. When it gets things right is there any > way to extract the configuration of the running instane of xorg into a > config

Re: xorg configuration

2011-08-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/08/11 04:54, Andreas Berglund wrote: I have xorg on autodetect, but it frequently gets things wrong about the resolution the monitor provides. When it gets things right is there any way to extract the configuration of the running instane of xorg into a configuration file? /Andreas On S

Re: xorg configuration

2011-08-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> > Forwarded Message > > From: Andreas Berglund > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: xorg configuration > > Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:54:58 +0200 > > > > I have xorg on autodetect, but it frequently gets things wrong about the > > resolution the monitor provides.

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 04:31:21PM -0400, Bill Jones wrote: > On 6/25/06, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 01:39:13AM -0400, Bill Jones wrote: > >> > >> HTH > >> -- > >> WC (Bill) Jones -- http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/ > > >Hmmm gmail does do p

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-25 Thread Bill Jones
On 6/25/06, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 01:39:13AM -0400, Bill Jones wrote: > > HTH > -- > WC (Bill) Jones -- http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/ Hmmm gmail does do proper sigs, sometimes. Weird. -- Chris. == Is that client specific? I

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 01:39:13AM -0400, Bill Jones wrote: > > HTH > -- > WC (Bill) Jones -- http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/ > Hmmm gmail does do proper sigs, sometimes. Weird. -- Chris. == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-25 Thread Thomas H. George
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 11:59:52PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 01:18:44PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > > Try dexconf. A couple of weeks ago I had trouble configuring xorg.conf > > to work with my Wacom tablet. When my manual edits of xorg.conf caused > > pro

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 01:18:44PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > Try dexconf. A couple of weeks ago I had trouble configuring xorg.conf > to work with my Wacom tablet. When my manual edits of xorg.conf caused > problems, dexconf wiped out the file and replaced it with a pure vanilla > versi

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Charles Hallenbeck
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 07:30:23PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > It would be interesting to know if running > > md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum Nope. I generated the md5sum as you suggested, ran dpkg-reconfigure again, the dialogue looked good again, but the file remai

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Willie Wonka
Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 04:47:06PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 09:34:38 -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > So, if I understand you correctly, you don't have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > file at all, and "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" re

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Charles Hallenbeck
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 12:54:28PM -0400, Bill Jones wrote: > > Is this an ATI or nVidia video card? I do not use an xorg.conf file > on my ATI systems; however for nVidia systems the file I pointed you > to will work unless your xorg system is broken in some unknown way. Hi Bill, My video syst

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Thomas H. George
Try dexconf. A couple of weeks ago I had trouble configuring xorg.conf to work with my Wacom tablet. When my manual edits of xorg.conf caused problems, dexconf wiped out the file and replaced it with a pure vanilla version. Eventually I found successful manual edits to make the Wacom tablet wor

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 11:47:53 -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 04:47:06PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 09:34:38 -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > So, if I understand you correctly, you don't have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > file at all,

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Bill Jones
On 6/24/06, Charles Hallenbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > which dpkg-reconfigure refuses to update.) That's right. Except that Bill Jones just told me where I can download a default copy. I did so, repeated my attempt to reconfigure after copying the new xorg.conf to /etc/X11, and I get the sa

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Charles Hallenbeck
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 04:47:06PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 09:34:38 -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > So, if I understand you correctly, you don't have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf > file at all, and "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" refuses to generate > one? (Usually peo

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 09:34:38 -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: [...] > I have a related problem. When I use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, > everything apparently goes well, except the results of the > reconfiguration never get written anywhere. There is no warning or error > produced, but

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Bill Jones
On 6/24/06, Charles Hallenbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a related problem. When I use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, everything apparently goes well, except the results of the reconfiguration never get written anywhere. There is no warning or error produced, but no xorg.conf file anywhe

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-24 Thread Charles Hallenbeck
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 06:53:58PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > Willie Wonka wrote: > and this too; > > > so 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' should do the trick - there's a way > (through the Priority option to mak

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-23 Thread Willie Wonka
Willie Wonka wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > > T wrote: > > > where can I find the xorgcfg and/or xorgconfig in Etch? > > What is really missing is a piece of documentation of how to set up xorg > > in debian. > > > > As said in my recent post, my dist-upgrade from sarge to etch went fi

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-23 Thread Willie Wonka
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > T wrote: > > where can I find the xorgcfg and/or xorgconfig in Etch? > > What is really missing is a piece of documentation of how to set up xorg > in debian. > > As said in my recent post, my dist-upgrade from sarge to etch went fine, > except that I don't know ho

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-22 Thread Bill Jones
On 6/22/06, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As said in my recent post, my dist-upgrade from sarge to etch went fine, except that I don't know how to tweak my x-configuration. I also don't know, where to look for it. /etc/X11/xorg.conf is where it is *supposed* to be but on my sys

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-22 Thread Martin Lemmen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > T wrote: > >> where can I find the xorgcfg and/or xorgconfig in Etch? have you tried man xorg.conf ? it will give you a list of locations where xorg looks for its config file. > What is really missing is a piece of do

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-22 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
T wrote: where can I find the xorgcfg and/or xorgconfig in Etch? What is really missing is a piece of documentation of how to set up xorg in debian. As said in my recent post, my dist-upgrade from sarge to etch went fine, except that I don't know how to tweak my x-configuration. I also don'

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-21 Thread T
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:55:40 -0400, T wrote: > What is the recommended way to configure Xorg under Debian Etch then? > > This is what I tried: > > I did > > apt-get install xorg > > then startx, but get: > > (EE) No devices detected. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found If I do "Xorg

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-21 Thread T
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:49:27 -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: >> > What is the recommended way to configure Xorg under Debian Etch then? >> > >> Does dpkg-reconfigure xorg solve your problem? >> > Did not work for me. I had to search through the many xorg packages, to > find the one that fit my vide

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-21 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:34:56 -0400 Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 21 June 2006 20:55, T wrote: > > > What is the recommended way to configure Xorg under Debian Etch then? > > > > Does dpkg-reconfigure xorg solve your problem? > > raju > Did not work for me. I ha

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

2006-06-21 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Wednesday 21 June 2006 20:55, T wrote: > What is the recommended way to configure Xorg under Debian Etch then? > Does dpkg-reconfigure xorg solve your problem? raju -- http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/cornell-bazaar http://groups.google.com/group/cornell-bazaar/about -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em