I've gone one step further and tried removing the file completely and I think its actually worked on some setups (!). On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > On Sat, 31 Oct 2009, Brian Wall wrote: > >> Ok, I'll admit I'm not much of a genius when it comes to modifying >> xorg.conf. Every time I get a newish piece of hardware I am reminded >> of this. > > And I'll admit that my main desktop/s xorg.conf is an INSANE mess due to > an INSANELY over-complicated setup (two video cards and three monitors > with different resolutions/aspects) and the fact that it's technically the > same xorg.conf that started life as xfree86.conf and has just been taken > apart and put together with chewing gum and toothpicks as I've upgraded my > system over the past DECADE. No "auto config" has really ever been able to > figure it out EXACTLY right. > > > That said, I've found that on simple, single-monitor setups with just a > plain ol' USB mouse/keyboard, all you REALLY need in anything even > resembling a modern Linux distro is this: > > ### BEGIN xorg.conf #################### > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Configured Monitor" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Monitor "Configured Monitor" > Device "Configured Video Device" > EndSection > > ### END xorg.conf ################# > > It scares me a lot, but I've had that just WORK on machines with regular > aspects (1280x1024 and 1600x1200) and widescreen (1400x1050 and 1920x1080) > and whatever the heck aspect 1366x768 is. > > So my advice is try the super super super simple setup and see if that > works. (: > > > > -Yaron > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Scott Dier <scott at dier.name>