Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-04-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Andrei POPESCU > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2013 10:39 AM > Subject: Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an > xorg.conf] > > On Mi, 27 mar 13, 09:14:20, Patrick B

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-04-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 27 mar 13, 09:14:20, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > The above is true only if you're using Xorg--any version, I assume--or > XFree86 version 4.4.0 or greater.   As far as I recall sarge was the last release with XFree86, no need to worry about that in Debian. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-27 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Andrei POPESCU > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:47 AM > Subject: Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an > xorg.conf] > > On Ma, 26 mar 13, 09:48:26, Patrick

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-27 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Jonathan Dowland > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 2:03 AM > Subject: Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an > xorg.conf] > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 08:55:01

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-27 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 08:55:01AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > == > > Section "Module" > >     Load        "glx" > > EndSection > > Not needed. Thanks - I've updated http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers to reflect that -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 26 mar 13, 09:48:26, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > I commented it out, and everything still works.  Thanks.  So, at one > time, this was needed, why not now? Wild guess: gfx is now loaded by default, irrespective of driver. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser O

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-26 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Alan Ianson wrote: > > I use vga=791 on my kernel command line. I think that is, or soon will > be depreciated but I find that method gives me what I want as far as > the terminal goes. > > GRUB_GFXMODE=x in grub.cfg is the way to configure it now but I > h

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-26 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:50:02 +0100 Alan Ianson wrote: > GRUB_GFXMODE=x in grub.cfg is the way to configure it now but I > haven't found a setting that suits me, yet. I believe you'd be talking about /etc/default/grub try 1024x768 that's a civilized looking resolution. -- CK -- To

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-26 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Andrei POPESCU > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:55 PM > Subject: Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an > xorg.conf] > > On Lu, 25 mar 13, 21:13:58, Patrick Bart

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-26 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Alan Ianson > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:44 PM > Subject: Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an > xorg.conf] > > On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:13:58 -0700 (PDT)

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 25 mar 13, 21:13:58, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Well, that was easy:  Just created, since there wasn't one by default, an > xorg.conf per instructions in the Debian Nvidia wiki > > == > Section "Module" >     Load        "

Re: Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-25 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:13:58 -0700 (PDT) Patrick Bartek wrote: > Well, that was easy:  Just created, since there wasn't one by > default, an xorg.conf per instructions in the Debian Nvidia wiki > > == > Section "Module" >  

Nvidia Driver Working [Was: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf]

2013-03-25 Thread Patrick Bartek
Well, that was easy:  Just created, since there wasn't one by default, an xorg.conf per instructions in the Debian Nvidia wiki == Section "Module"     Load        "glx" EndSection Section "Device"     Identifier  "EVGA

Re: Fwd: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-25 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Chris Bannister > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 3:58 AM > Subject: Re: Fwd: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf? > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 01:54:31PM +0800, Jianjun Mao wrote: >&g

Re: Fwd: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-25 Thread Chris Bannister
> > haven't got it working yet. But was wondering: Is it possible for the > > nvidia driver to work without using an xorg.conf? Nouveau does. > > > > FYI: I'm not running a gui environment, just a window manager--Openbox. > > System first boots to a terminal,

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Andrew Alderwick > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 8:47 AM > Subject: Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf? > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 09:28:35PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: &

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Nuno Magalhães > To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 3:03 AM > Subject: Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf? > > Hi, > > If X automagically finds and uses nvidia, sure,

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Patrick Bartek wrote: Hello Patrick, > But was wondering:  Is it possible for the nvidia driver to work >without using an xorg.conf?  Nouveau does. AIUI, if you want to run the nVidia driver, you must use an xorg.conf file, otherwise nouveau,

Fwd: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Jianjun Mao
I have the same problem. It seems that X will not use nvidia driver without any settings. So I simply run nvidia-xconfig to generate a new xorg.conf for nvidia On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Just installed the proprietary nvidia driver on Wheezy 64-bit using

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
nvidia driver to work without using an xorg.conf? It's probably possible if you hack Xorg, but I don't think this is what you're looking for. All you need is this: Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia"

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Andrew Alderwick
e for the nvidia driver to work without using an xorg.conf?  Nouveau does. Yes, on one of my typical machines I install nvidia-glx (usually along with nvidia-kernel-...-amd64 rather than nvidia-kernel-dkms, but that shouldn't matter) and it works fine on reboot. (I too run startx from one

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, If X automagically finds and uses nvidia, sure, otherwise you'll need an xconf (or maybe you can pass the driver as a parameter to startx,man it up). Just guessing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas..

Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Patrick Bartek wrote: Just installed the proprietary nvidia driver on Wheezy 64-bit using the dkms method as outlined in the Nvidia Debian wiki. No problems, except I haven't got it working yet. But was wondering: Is it possible for the nvidia driver to work without using an xorg

Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?

2013-03-23 Thread Patrick Bartek
Just installed the proprietary nvidia driver on Wheezy 64-bit using the dkms method as outlined in the Nvidia Debian wiki.  No problems, except I haven't got it working yet.  But was wondering:  Is it possible for the nvidia driver to work without using an xorg.conf?  Nouveau does. FYI:

Re: Creative /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2012-10-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 11:46 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 15 oct 12, 12:41:53, Charles Kroeger wrote: > > > > Here's the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file created by the package: nvidia-xconfig: > > [...] > > > Section "Device" > > Iden

Re: Creative /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2012-10-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 15 oct 12, 12:41:53, Charles Kroeger wrote: > > Here's the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file created by the package: nvidia-xconfig: [...] > Section "Device" > Identifier "Device0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName

Re: Creative /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2012-10-15 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:41:53 -0500 Charles Kroeger napísal: > By restoring my old /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to the fore, all was > harmonious again. I did not post my own /etc/X11/xorg.conf file > because of its humble appearance compared to this one created by > nvidia-xco

Re: Creative /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2012-10-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
could blow up expensive monitor transistors ;). I suspect those settings likely to be to low for most monitors and yes, perhaps this will cause some errors. Btw. I can't see anything cryptic in the xorg.conf you posted. Currently there are a lot of changes for X upstream. because I use d

Creative /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2012-10-15 Thread Charles Kroeger
For those of you running nouveau as your video driver with the gnome desktop you wont know about the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file but for all us others there is considerable latitude for creativity in this file and its results on one's X11 desktop. Take for instance Mark Allums in a letter of th

Re: modifying template xorg.conf file to change monitor resolution

2012-07-20 Thread Brian
On Fri 20 Jul 2012 at 17:41:59 +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > I have two dumb questions: > > 1. Where do I enter the 1440 x900 resolution into the xorg.conf file? By and large there should be no need for an xorg.conf file as the card should autodetected and everything configured

Re: modifying template xorg.conf file to change monitor resolution

2012-07-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 20 iul 12, 17:41:59, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > It's quite a while since I edited an xorg.conf file.The resolution > is too low at present - I think I am running at 800 x 600 > > I ran xrandr (which is a bit magical and mystical to me at present) > &g

modifying template xorg.conf file to change monitor resolution

2012-07-20 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Folks, I am trying to fix my monitor screen resolution. I made a template xorg.conf file by running the gdm3 stop command and then did something like crtl alt f1 and got a terminal prompt and logged in as root and did /usr/bin/Xorg -configure and a new xorg.conf file was created in /root

Re: can't seem to find xorg.conf

2012-05-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 24 mai 12, 09:42:28, Indulekha wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 03:38:05PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > Dear folks, > > > > Isn't xorg.conf supposed to be in /etc/X11? > > > > /usr/share/X11 is the new location. Just for the archives, that

Re: can't seem to find xorg.conf

2012-05-24 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 24 May 2012 15:38:05 +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Isn't xorg.conf supposed to be in /etc/X11? No... since a bunch of years :-) > I recently reinstalled squeeze on my new AMD64 box and I noticed that > the login environment in gnome looks grungier than normal - I di

Re: can't seem to find xorg.conf

2012-05-24 Thread Brian
On Thu 24 May 2012 at 09:42:28 -0500, Indulekha wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 03:38:05PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > Dear folks, > > > > Isn't xorg.conf supposed to be in /etc/X11? > > > > /usr/share/X11 is the new location. Are you sure o

Re: can't seem to find xorg.conf

2012-05-24 Thread Brian
On Thu 24 May 2012 at 15:38:05 +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Isn't xorg.conf supposed to be in /etc/X11? No. Normally, none is required. [Snip] > I can't see xorg.conf in there > > This is a new installation. Maybe I'm looking with my eyes shut.

RE: can't seem to find xorg.conf

2012-05-24 Thread Jeffrey Langerak
However, if a xorg.conf file is created and placed in /etc/X11/, the configfile will be loaded from there. Verzonden met mijn Windows Phone Van: Indulekha Verzonden: 24-5-2012 16:42 Aan: debian-user@lists.debian.org Onderwerp: Re: can't seem to find xorg.con

Re: can't seem to find xorg.conf

2012-05-24 Thread Indulekha
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 03:38:05PM +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear folks, > > Isn't xorg.conf supposed to be in /etc/X11? > /usr/share/X11 is the new location. -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

can't seem to find xorg.conf

2012-05-24 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear folks, Isn't xorg.conf supposed to be in /etc/X11? I recently reinstalled squeeze on my new AMD64 box and I noticed that the login environment in gnome looks grungier than normal - I didn't get the cute login box and impressive pictures of the earth taken from space followed b

Re: Panning Desktop WITHOUT xorg.conf

2011-12-06 Thread Iuri Guilherme dos Santos Martins
This is from man page of randr: Per-output options [--panning widthxheight[+x+y[/track_widthx‐ track_height+track_x+track_y[/border_left/border_top/border_right/bor‐ der_bottom So i guess that the panning option expect more arguments. I will test here and send my experiences (after lunch).

Re: Panning Desktop WITHOUT xorg.conf

2011-11-01 Thread Harry Putnam
johny why writes: > not sure if this is relevant, but for noobs like me, this method > enables a virtual panning desktop on Debian, from a terminal > command-line, without need for a xorg.conf: Debian wheezy here. > xrandr --output VGA1 --rate 60 --mode 800x600 --fb 1280x1024

Panning Desktop WITHOUT xorg.conf

2011-10-31 Thread johny why
not sure if this is relevant, but for noobs like me, this method enables a virtual panning desktop on Debian, from a terminal command-line, without need for a xorg.conf: xrandr --output VGA1 --rate 60 --mode 800x600 --fb 1280x1024 --panning 1280x1024 the "mode" is your viewport (ie,

Re: About ATI drivers and xorg.conf

2011-09-26 Thread Arnt Karlsen
endering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting > LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose) > GLX_ATI_pixel_format_float, GLX_ATI_render_texture > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 (R200 4242) 20090101 > x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL DRI2 > > the xorg.conf configuration file > > Section "ServerLayout" >

About ATI drivers and xorg.conf

2011-09-26 Thread cosme
86/MMX/SSE2 TCL DRI2 the xorg.conf configuration file Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0 InputDevice"Generic Keyboard" InputDevice"Configured Mous

Re: what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0

2011-09-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
you stated, xorg takes precedence. Format and scripting is described in XSessions man "CUSTOMIZING THE STARTUP PROCEDURE" section. > > I did the following for the xorg.conf and it works > > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" >

Re: what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0

2011-09-25 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:24:24 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I did the following for the xorg.conf and it works > > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "nouveau" ^^^ (...) > I have to

Re: what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0

2011-09-25 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:58:20 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > i have switched to the noveau drivers from nvidia binary drivers and > therefore my old xorg.conf for the dual monitor setup with different > dimensions of the 2 monitors wont work as the nvidia drivers used a > "

Re: what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0

2011-09-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
e in that file and did chmod 755 to the file and it did not work. I did the following for the xorg.conf and it works Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "nouveau" Option "DVI-I-1" "DVI-I-1" Option "DVI-I-2&qu

Re: what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0

2011-09-24 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/09/11 11:58, Mitchell Laks wrote: > i have switched to the noveau drivers from nvidia binary drivers > and therefore my old xorg.conf for the dual monitor setup > with different dimensions of the 2 monitors > wont work as the nvidia drivers used a "Twinhead" stanz

what is xorg.conf equivalent of xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0

2011-09-24 Thread Mitchell Laks
i have switched to the noveau drivers from nvidia binary drivers and therefore my old xorg.conf for the dual monitor setup with different dimensions of the 2 monitors wont work as the nvidia drivers used a "Twinhead" stanza. what should my xorg.conf look like for my nouveau driv

Re: Installing Nvida DKMS way, what's the difference between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf method?

2011-09-03 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 01:20 +1000, yudi v wrote: > Thanks for clarifying that. > One final question. What happens to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? It still > exits. Just delete or move it somewhere else. It is not needed anymore if all other devices are configured correctly when it i

Re: Installing Nvida DKMS way, what's the difference between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf method?

2011-09-03 Thread yudi v
Thanks for clarifying that. One final question. What happens to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? It still exits. -- Kind regards, Yudi

Re: Installing Nvida DKMS way, what's the difference between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf method?

2011-09-03 Thread Wolodja Wentland
onf where NN is an arbitrary two digit number and SECTION or DEVICE are replaced by the name of the section or device you are configuring in the given file. The files themselves are read in alphanumerical order, such that a 10-synaptics.conf will be read before a 25-nvidia.conf and we strive to

Re: Installing Nvida DKMS way, what's the difference between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf method?

2011-09-03 Thread yudi v
> > AFAICT this does not use a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, but a device specific > configuration file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. Since Xorg in Squeeze > configures > itself automagically it is (IMHO) preferred to manually configure just the > devices that you actually want to confi

Re: Installing Nvida DKMS way, what's the difference between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf method?

2011-09-03 Thread yudi v
> Do you know 'sed' ? > `uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,'` = 686 in my case, that' all sed's doing here. -- Kind regards, Yudi

Re: Installing Nvida DKMS way, what's the difference between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf method?

2011-09-03 Thread Wolodja Wentland
dia-kernel-dkms && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section > "Device"\n\ > tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ > 20-nvidia.conf" > > this uses the xord.conf.d directory but it also has /e

Re: configuring XKB via xorg.conf

2011-09-02 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:52:51 +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > How do I configure XKB via xorg.conf? I'd like to configure XKB > as the following setxkbmap(1) invocation does, but right at the X > server's startup time. > > $ setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_al

Re: Installing Nvida DKMS way, what's the difference between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf method?

2011-09-02 Thread Greg Madden
#x27;` > nvidia-kernel-dkms && mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d ; echo -e 'Section > "Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf" > > this uses the xord.conf.d directory

Re: Installing Nvida DKMS way, what's the difference between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf method?

2011-09-02 Thread Camaleón
files And then modified "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file to instruct Xorg to use nvidia driver. And that was all. I guess what I did is called in the guide¹ "Install a pre-built module" and it worked well, but this was lenny and things have changed a lot since that... ¹http://w

configuring XKB via xorg.conf

2011-09-02 Thread Ivan Shmakov
How do I configure XKB via xorg.conf? I'd like to configure XKB as the following setxkbmap(1) invocation does, but right at the X server's startup time. $ setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_backspace,keypad:legacy And how do I get Shift + Num Lock “

Installing Nvida DKMS way, what's the difference between /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and /etc/X11/xorg.conf method?

2011-09-02 Thread yudi v
uot;Device"\n\tIdentifier "My GPU"\n\tDriver "nvidia"\nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf" this uses the xord.conf.d directory but it also has /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. What happens in this case? *second method* taken form http://wiki.debian.org/

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread lee
Sven Joachim writes: > On 2011-07-16 20:31 +0200, lee wrote: > >> Sven Joachim writes: >> >> Ah, now I think I see what you mean. I didn't express myself very >> well. My intention was to make a general statement that input devices >> are very likely n

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-07-16 20:31 +0200, lee wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > > Ah, now I think I see what you mean. I didn't express myself very > well. My intention was to make a general statement that input devices > are very likely not to work correctly without an xorg.conf. T

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread lee
Sven Joachim writes: > On 2011-07-16 16:56 +0200, lee wrote: > >> Sven Joachim writes: >> >>> On 2011-07-16 15:29 +0200, lee wrote: >>> >>>> Paul E Condon writes: >>>> >>>>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf >>>>> But

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110716_174350, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-07-16 16:56 +0200, lee wrote: > > > Sven Joachim writes: > > > >> On 2011-07-16 15:29 +0200, lee wrote: > >> > >>> Paul E Condon writes: > >>> > >>>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-07-16 17:57 +0200, Paul E Condon wrote: > I think the only part of it that I actually > still need is the line: > > Option "UseBIOS" "off" > > but I never had enough hand-holding from an expert to properly get > rid of the cruft. This option appears to be specific t

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110716_155607, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-07-16 15:29 +0200, lee wrote: > > > Paul E Condon writes: > > > >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf > >> But the installer generally does not create xorg.conf any more. The newer > >> versions of X are capab

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-07-16 16:56 +0200, lee wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > >> On 2011-07-16 15:29 +0200, lee wrote: >> >>> Paul E Condon writes: >>> >>>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf >>>> But the installer generally does not create xorg.conf any more. Th

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread lee
Sven Joachim writes: > On 2011-07-16 15:29 +0200, lee wrote: > >> Paul E Condon writes: >> >>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf >>> But the installer generally does not create xorg.conf any more. The newer >>> versions of X are capable of auto configuration for a

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-07-16 15:29 +0200, lee wrote: > Paul E Condon writes: > >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf >> But the installer generally does not create xorg.conf any more. The newer >> versions of X are capable of auto configuration for almost everybody. > > They are unable to get

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread lee
Paul E Condon writes: > /etc/X11/xorg.conf > But the installer generally does not create xorg.conf any more. The newer > versions of X are capable of auto configuration for almost everybody. They are unable to get your keyboard to work and will also fail with your pointing device,

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-16 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:03:10 -0700, William Lee Valentine wrote: > If I want to employ higher screen resolutions with a monitor that Linux > does not recognize, I understand that I must manually enter values in > the table Xorg.conf. (...) Well, nowadays you can use "xrandr&quo

Re: Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-15 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110715_220310, William Lee Valentine wrote: > If I want to employ higher screen resolutions with a monitor that Linux > does not recognize, I understand that I must manually enter values in > the table Xorg.conf. I have installed Debian 6 (Squeeze) on a machine > that uses such a

Where is the table Xorg.conf located (Squeeze)?

2011-07-15 Thread William Lee Valentine
If I want to employ higher screen resolutions with a monitor that Linux does not recognize, I understand that I must manually enter values in the table Xorg.conf. I have installed Debian 6 (Squeeze) on a machine that uses such a monitor, but am unable to locate this table. Where is it to be found

Re: [solved but annoying] XORG.CONF or a solution without xorg.conf needed

2011-06-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 31 mai 11, 23:17:37, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > The rough (first trial :), working xorg.conf is attached. The "Module" section is useless, you can get rid of it. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/ma

[solved but annoying] XORG.CONF or a solution without xorg.conf needed

2011-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
haps it's useful for someone to use my xorg.conf as a template. The rough (first trial :), working xorg.conf is attached. Thank you, Ralf PS: Still bad that the mouse wheel does not work. Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "dri"

Re: XORG.CONF or a solution without xorg.conf needed

2011-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 20:14 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Ma, 31 mai 11, 13:18:15, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > > For Debian I still need to set up a xorg.conf, > > > > Why do you think so? > > > > I don't

Re: XORG.CONF or a solution without xorg.conf needed

2011-05-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 31 mai 11, 13:18:15, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > For Debian I still need to set up a xorg.conf, > > Why do you think so? > > I don't think so, it's a declarative statement. Since you didn't provide more info I g

Re: XORG.CONF or a solution without xorg.conf needed

2011-05-31 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 31 May 2011 15:16:20 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > This one didn't came through the list? > > Forwarded Message > From: webmas...@debianhelp.org > To: ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net > Subject: There was a problem with your email to debianHELP (XO

XORG.CONF or a solution without xorg.conf needed

2011-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
This one didn't came through the list? Forwarded Message From: webmas...@debianhelp.org To: ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net Subject: There was a problem with your email to debianHELP (XORG.CONF or a solution without xorg.conf needed) Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 08:56:16 -0400 (EDT)

XORG.CONF or a solution without xorg.conf needed

2011-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
:14:58, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > For Debian I still need to set up a xorg.conf, Why do you think so? Regards, Andrei Hi Andrei :) I don't think so, it's a declarative statement. I guess nobody wish to have a vertica

Re: xorg.conf

2011-05-13 Thread Brian
On Fri 13 May 2011 at 23:18:26 +0800, lina wrote: > Hi, > > How can I get a copy (sample) of the xorg.conf for the fglrx driver? http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: xorg.conf

2011-05-13 Thread godo
On 2011-05-13 17:18, lina wrote: Hi, How can I get a copy (sample) of the xorg.conf for the fglrx driver? Thanks ahead, Hi, you can look at $ man xorg.conf and here are examples http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English

xorg.conf

2011-05-13 Thread lina
Hi, How can I get a copy (sample) of the xorg.conf for the fglrx driver? Thanks ahead, -- Best Regards, lina -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.

Re: Where is xorg.conf?

2011-04-19 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
A good supplement for the Debian wiki http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg is given on this web-site: http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/howto/configure-input.html -- Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Where is xorg.conf?

2011-04-19 Thread Krzysztof Bieniasz
Dnia Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:10:02 +0200, Alan McConnell napisał(a): > This file used to be called XFree-11-86.conf or some such, way back > when. In my 'etch' it was xorg.conf and was in /etc/X11. > > I have just installed 'squeeze' and it works great. But I

Re: Where is xorg.conf?

2011-04-19 Thread adris
Hi, Am Dienstag, den 19.04.2011, 10:04 -0400 schrieb Alan McConnell: > This file used to be called XFree-11-86.conf or some such, way > back when. In my 'etch' it was xorg.conf and was in /etc/X11. > > I have just installed 'squeeze' and it works

Re: Where is xorg.conf?

2011-04-19 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:04:40AM -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > This file used to be called XFree-11-86.conf or some such, way > back when. In my 'etch' it was xorg.conf and was in /etc/X11. > > I have just installed 'squeeze' and it works great. But I'd

Where is xorg.conf?

2011-04-19 Thread Alan McConnell
This file used to be called XFree-11-86.conf or some such, way back when. In my 'etch' it was xorg.conf and was in /etc/X11. I have just installed 'squeeze' and it works great. But I'd like to enable "Emulate3Buttons" on my mouse. I've looked for xorg

Re: "Modes" versus "Virtual" in xorg.conf

2011-03-29 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:31:07 -0800, peasthope wrote: > Either of these in /etc/X11/xorg.conf will set the display resolution. Hum... I'd say "yes but no" :-P Both values can be used to serve the same purpose (screen resolution) but they are intended for different use. For

"Modes" versus "Virtual" in xorg.conf

2011-03-25 Thread peasthope
Folk, Either of these in /etc/X11/xorg.conf will set the display resolution. SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1280 960 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x960" EndSubSection "Modes" is

Re: How do I set up compiz ? No xorg.conf anymore ?

2010-12-14 Thread shirish शिरीष
In-line :- 2010/12/12 Bhasker C V : Hi Bhaskar, > Shirish, > >  Can you try X -configure >  That will give you a base xorg.conf.new with auto-detected values (this > file will be present in your home directory (/root/xorg.conf.new if you are > running this as command as root) done. >  You can

Re: How do I set up compiz ? No xorg.conf anymore ?

2010-12-12 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:50:04 +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: > How do I set up compiz. I downloaded compiz and the compiz-manager > using this wiki page. > > http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz (...) > Now I'm on an Intel machine (GMA31 chipset) and there's no > /etc/X11/xor

Re: How do I set up compiz ? No xorg.conf anymore ?

2010-12-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
shirish शिरीष: > > How do I set up compiz. I downloaded compiz and the compiz-manager > using this wiki page. > > http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz … > Now I'm on an Intel machine (GMA31 chipset) and there's no /etc/X11/xorg.conf Have you tried to run Compiz without alte

Re: How do I set up compiz ? No xorg.conf anymore ?

2010-12-12 Thread Bhasker C V
Shirish, Can you try X -configure That will give you a base xorg.conf.new with auto-detected values (this file will be present in your home directory (/root/xorg.conf.new if you are running this as command as root) You can copy it to /etc/X11 after backing up the old file in that location

How do I set up compiz ? No xorg.conf anymore ?

2010-12-11 Thread shirish शिरीष
figuration settings library for compiz i A libcompizconfig0 - Configuration settings library for compiz i A python-compizconfig- Compizconfig bindings for python Now I'm on an Intel machine (GMA31 chipset) and there's no /etc/X11/xorg.conf $ ls /etc/X11 app-defa

Re: Debian Sid questions on compiz, missing xorg.conf etc

2010-10-16 Thread Shuanghe
have a few questions regarding the Debian Sid installation, missing > > xorg.conf and functionality of Compiz. > > > > 1. I installed a few days ago the Sid (using businesscard iso) in my Dell > > Inspiron 9300 laptop. More or less everything seems OK. There're 2 >

Re: Debian Sid questions on compiz, missing xorg.conf etc

2010-09-27 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 14:34, Shuanghe wrote: > Hi, dear all Debian user, > > I have a few questions regarding the Debian Sid installation, missing > xorg.conf and functionality of Compiz. > > 1. I installed a few days ago the Sid (using businesscard iso) in my Dell > Inspi

Debian Sid questions on compiz, missing xorg.conf etc

2010-09-27 Thread Shuanghe
Hi, dear all Debian user, I have a few questions regarding the Debian Sid installation, missing xorg.conf and functionality of Compiz. 1. I installed a few days ago the Sid (using businesscard iso) in my Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop. More or less everything seems OK. There're 2 problems though

Re: xorg.conf -- nvidia to ati

2010-06-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 24 iun 10, 19:58:45, Greg Madden wrote: > On Thursday 24 June 2010 18:38:19 Alan Ianson wrote: > > > > Any ideas on what I need to change? > > You need the Radeon driver, not ATI. There might be some related glx > package. > I use mesa-utils to test , glxgears. Also check 'dmesg' for a

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