Getting a new monitor. How do I reconfigure X à la ubuntu?

[kpkeerthi]

I'm going to get a new LCD monitor to replace my crappy 14" CRT for my pretty old desktop running Arch + XFCE. I'm not going to change the nvidia GPU (legacy TNT type) it already has.

My question here is how do I reconfigure X should Arch fail to auto detect new resolution and refresh rate?

Is there anything similar to dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg à la ubuntu?

[fwojciec]

Just edit the xorg.conf. Or have a look in the wiki (Beginner's Guide is likely kept most up to date) and generate a new config file. Still, the current version of xorg-server is likely going to be fairly good at autodetecting -- as long as you have all the necessary drivers installed.

[deepclutch]

use xorgconfig to generate a working /etc/X11/xorg.conf in Arch Linux.

[jseiser]

you could also run hwd -xa, it will detect your stuff, and configure xorg as good as it can. Which will work, you can also use arch's nvidia-xorg tool, check the wiki, their are a few ways to handle waht you need.

[deepclutch]

^ofcourse!thx I forgot that!
discover in Debian
kudzu in Fedora
and
hwd in arch

[canistra]

no need in manual configuration of xorf.conf, just run nvidia-xconfig as root

[MisfitI38]

Beware that

hwd -xa

will completely overwrite any existing xorg.conf.

hwd- x

may be a safer option for you.