xorg-edit: GUI for editing xorg.conf

[dee.dw]

Hello,

because there were several biddings about a better way to edit the xorg.conf in the German Ubuntu Forum (Link) I write a little GUI to edit the xorg.conf.

- Project Page

- Download-Page

- Repository for Deb Package

Greetings, Dee
I use wxWidgets to create the GUI, so you need libwxgtk2.6-0 to start it.

I would be very happy if there is someone who would like to test it and post his opinion.

Greetings, Dee

[oldmanstan]

that looks pretty sweet!

[dabear]

Dapper user here, what are the dependencies? There's a wxwidgets dependency I can' figure out,

bjorninge@LappyDapper:~/Desktop$ ./xorg-edit ./xorg-edit: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk-2.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory bjorninge@LappyDapper:~/Desktop$

[dee.dw]

@oldmanstan: Thanks!

Originally Posted by dabear Dapper user here, what are the dependencies? There's a wxwidgets dependency I can' figure out,

Do you have libwxgtk2.4-1 installed? If so, check if there is some file /usr/lib/libwx_gtk-2.4.so.1.

Greetings, Dee

[dee.dw]

So, there is a new version and I use wx2.6 now. So you need libwxgtk-2.6-0.

Greetings, Dee

[adamkane]

Thank you for the valuable work.

I use an ATI Radeon 7200. I had PageFlip enabled, and had to manually disable it to load xorg-edit.

Option "EnablePageFlip" "true

I would like to see some configuration options or basic help menus.

[dee.dw]

Originally Posted by adamkane Thank you for the valuable work. I use an ATI Radeon 7200. I had PageFlip enabled, and had to manually disable it to load xorg-edit.

Is the option line correct that you have posted? If so, there is a " missing at the end. My tool don't recognize the options itself but they must be in the format

Option "name" "value"

or only

Option "name"

If the error still exists, please post (or mail me) your xorg.conf, so that can I take a look at this.

I would like to see some configuration options or basic help menus.

This is the next step! I want to create some XML-files where all options and possible values are listed so taht the user can select from a drop down list and can do nothing wrong while editing.

Thanks for testing,
Dee

[motin]

Originally Posted by dee.dw Hello, because there were several biddings about a better way to edit the xorg.conf in the German Ubuntu Forum (Link) I write a little GUI to edit the xorg.conf. - Project Page I use wxWidgets to create the GUI, so you need libwxgtk2.6-0 to start it. I would be very happy if there is someone who would like to test it and post his opinion. Greetings, Dee

Wonderful!

I will NEVER go back to edit xorg.conf manually again (if I screw something up, I'll probably restore the backup and start gnome again).

Could you get this into the debian repositories and eventually part of the tools under System -> Administration in Gnome? Definitely belongs there, under "Advanced graphics options" or similar.

Suggestions:
- Auto-backup of xorg.conf when starting app (in ~/.xorg-edit/backups/ or similar)
- Possibility to choose enabled/disabled for an option
- Some general info about configuring X, like that sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg will rebuild it if something screws up

This is certainly THE step for debian users to be able to skip the tedious manual xorg.conf-editing. Hopefully, the auto-configure done at installation will be enough for most people, thus never have to edit xorg.conf with this app, but whenever xgl, tv-out and dual monitor support is not enabled by default, this app helps a lot!

Thanks!

[motin]

You might want to look at http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=926906, a thread where your tool is discussed amongst other things.

[dee.dw]

New version...

v06.04.16:
- Bugfix: many, many... most are gone with the old design
- Bugfix: save status flag is set when adding or deleting elements
- Design: redesign of elements, less buttons
- Design: current config file name is shown in frame bar
- Feature: backup files will be saved with date and time
- Feature: new menu entrys for closing current config and creating empty config file
- Feature: maximum of screens and input devices in server layout are recognized by available devices
- Feature: question if some entries should be deleted
- Internal: deleted menu entry for load backup file and load standard xorg.conf
- Internal: more integrity checks (e.g. empty fields)
- Internal: disable some integrity checks while reading config file,
so it is possible to load a misconfigured file and "repair" it

Greetings, Dee