What do I do with a xorg.conf file????

[whatthefunk]

Trying to fix my screen resolution problem, I have made an xorg.conf file in the LXTerminal. Now what? How do I actually run this thing? (Am I just really stupid??)

[sikander3786]

Which graphics card is there? Are the proprietary drivers needed and installed?

Modern X deals directly with the graphics stuff so no real need to create an xorg.conf.


lspci | grep VGA

[whatthefunk]

I have the exact problem described here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/xorg-conf-for-intel-82815-chipset-608658/

I want to try the guys xorg.conf fix...

[sikander3786]

Paste it in /etc/X11/ directory and reboot ;-)

You'll need root privileges and for that,


gksudo nautilus

The file should be named xorg.conf and be cautious while running nautilus with root privileges. Make sure you don't delete/modify anything by mistake.

[whatthefunk]

I got root privileges, opened up /etc/X11/xorg.conf and pasted in the file. I rebooted and absolutely nothing happened. The computer shut down and restarted like normal.


The file should be named xorg.conf

How do you name this file? Do I rebbot like normal by going through the shutdown menu?

[sikander3786]

xorg.conf is the file name in which you paste your text ;-)

And you only need a simple reboot only. Nothing else. What did you expect that file to do?

[whatthefunk]

I was hoping that it would fix my screen resolution and mouse problem.

[sikander3786]

Let us know which graphics card is there and did you install any drivers for that?


lspci | grep VGA

[whatthefunk]

Intel 82815 CGC

When I run lspci -n and paste the output at http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.rhtmlx it tells me that I have an XFree86 driver for the graphics card.