The invisible xorg.conf

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)]

I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04 and found that
/etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty. I suppose the new Xorg detects
VGA hardware automagically every time it starts up.

If that's the case, I really want to know the content of the invisible
xorg.conf of the xorg.conf-less Xorg. You knew that each section of
xorg.conf has a device name.

If I want to customize the hidden xorg.conf, I have to know the names of
each section.....

So what is the section names in that hidden/invisible xorg.conf?

[pk]

Post by Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)
I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04 and found that
/etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty. I suppose the new Xorg detects
VGA hardware automagically every time it starts up.
If that's the case, I really want to know the content of the invisible
xorg.conf of the xorg.conf-less Xorg. You knew that each section of
xorg.conf has a device name.
If I want to customize the hidden xorg.conf, I have to know the names of
each section.....
So what is the section names in that hidden/invisible xorg.conf?

try (as root)

X -configure

and it will crerate an xorg.xonf.new file with the autodetected values in
the current directory.

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)]

Post by pk
X -configure

Ubuntu uses `dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver`

Post by pk
and it will crerate an xorg.xonf.new file with the autodetected values in
the current directory.

`X -configure` creates an xorg.conf, but it's not the one detected by
Xorg itself when /etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty.

[Milan Babuskov]

Post by Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)
`X -configure` creates an xorg.conf, but it's not the one detected by
Xorg itself when /etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty.

This is a wxWidgets mailing list. It was formerly known as wxWindows. It
is not X-Windows, it's Wx-windows, not the W at the start.

You should really ask at some X-Windows related forum, mailing list or
newsgroup.

[draeath]

Post by pk

Post by Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)
I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04 and found that
/etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty. I suppose the new Xorg detects
VGA hardware automagically every time it starts up.
If that's the case, I really want to know the content of the invisible
xorg.conf of the xorg.conf-less Xorg. You knew that each section of
xorg.conf has a device name.
If I want to customize the hidden xorg.conf, I have to know the names of
each section.....
So what is the section names in that hidden/invisible xorg.conf?

try (as root)
X -configure
and it will crerate an xorg.xonf.new file with the autodetected values in
the current directory.

This! This is what you want!

Replace the /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the contents of this file, and you
SHOULD notice no change in behavior.

You will then have a proper xorg.conf to modify.

[Mark Madsen]

Post by pk

Post by Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)
I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04 and found that
/etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty. I suppose the new Xorg detects VGA
hardware automagically every time it starts up.
If that's the case, I really want to know the content of the invisible
xorg.conf of the xorg.conf-less Xorg. You knew that each section of
xorg.conf has a device name.
If I want to customize the hidden xorg.conf, I have to know the names
of each section.....
So what is the section names in that hidden/invisible xorg.conf?

try (as root)
X -configure
and it will crerate an xorg.xonf.new file with the autodetected values
in the current directory.

Or just read through /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[Jakub Fišer]

Actually Xorg uses HAL to detect hardware and there is no "invisible
xorg.conf", only HAL-specific settings (.fdi xml files). You can however try to
generage your xorg.conf by Xorg -configure. That generates the configuration
which Xorg essentially use. Then you want to add something like this into the
file:

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
EndSection

This will disable HAL support and revert back to classic xorg.conf settings
where most hardware must be configured manually.

-miky



On Mon, 11 May 2009 18:16:37 +0800, "Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)"

Post by Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)
I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04 and found that
/etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty. I suppose the new Xorg detects
VGA hardware automagically every time it starts up.
If that's the case, I really want to know the content of the invisible
xorg.conf of the xorg.conf-less Xorg. You knew that each section of xorg.conf
has a device name.
If I want to customize the hidden xorg.conf, I have to know the names of each
section.....
So what is the section names in that hidden/invisible xorg.conf?

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[Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)]

Post by Jakub Fišer
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
EndSection

Thanks!

[Florian Diesch]

Post by Jakub Fišer
Actually Xorg uses HAL to detect hardware and there is no "invisible
xorg.conf", only HAL-specific settings (.fdi xml files).

HAL is only used to detect input devices, all the other hardware is
detected by Xorg itself.





Florian

[Mark Madsen]

Post by Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)
I just did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.04 and found that
/etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty. I suppose the new Xorg detects VGA hardware
automagically every time it starts up.
If that's the case, I really want to know the content of the invisible
xorg.conf of the xorg.conf-less Xorg. You knew that each section of
xorg.conf has a device name.
If I want to customize the hidden xorg.conf, I have to know the names of
each section.....
So what is the section names in that hidden/invisible xorg.conf?

You still boycotting google for some reason?

[Chris Brulak]

Does anyone use bakefile to generate makefiles or do you pretty much use VC++ or another IDE?

I can't seem to get even a trivial bakefile to work and there isn't much documentation on that.

I'm using WinXP with mingw.

Thanks
Chris

[Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)]

Post by Mark Madsen

Post by Man-wai Chang ToDie (+MS=V32B)
So what is the section names in that hidden/invisible xorg.conf?

You still boycotting google for some reason?

Why not share your keywords? I tried "ubuntu empty xorg.conf". No good
result.