Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2525 mails)

[Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19/11/09 21:40, Istvan Gabor wrote:
> > > > Pardon my abysmal ignorance, but what is supposed to replace xorg.conf
> > > > and all the wonderful X stuff behind it? Is there a RTFM on this?
> > > >         
> >     
> > > Excellent question. The only thing I know is that it is now - in 11.2 -
> > > all done with "smoke and mirrors" and that it is all done "magically" at
> > > the time of booting the system.
> > >       
> > It is done "on the fly", at run time.
> >
> >     
> > > Where the information is located to do all this is not known to me.
> > >
> > > But then, Herr Wernher von Baun, is posting that creating an xorg.conf,
> > > using sax2, and whatever you put into it, will be used to get your video
> > > screen working correctly. Or so I read what Herr von Braun has stated.
> > >       
> > Yes, that is correct.
> >
> > "Simply" create an xorg.conf file, and put there whatever you need to 
> > override the automatic
> > detection. The file doesn't need to contain the entire configuration, just 
> > the changed "lines" or
> > sections.
> >
> > I don't know if it is documented how exactly to do it, but it has been known 
> > for months, in the
> > factory list at least.
> >     
> Hello:
>
> 1. I think this whole thing is crazy.

Now now. We must not be negative here, must we?

The devs involved with oS need POSITIVE feedback like, "Oh. I think,
just my opinion of course, but I can see a little problem...what can I
do, please, in helping you to solve it, please? Would posting yet
another bug report be of any assistance, please?"

Now THAT's the way to tackle all this :-) .


>  I met this type of configuring screen in Xubuntu 9.04 and it (configuration) 
> just failed.
>   

Ooooh, you've just spake the wrong words, old boy :-( : *Ubuntu. This
mail list's police patrol (one special-agent patrolman to be exact) may
now stomp on you saying that this a mail list about openSUSE and *not*
about *Ubuntu.

Protect your bum for the next several weeks.....


> It set the screen always to 1280x960 at 60 Hz and after each login I had to 
> set it manually to 1024x768 at 85 Hz; I don't have to mention how annoying it 
> was. Debian with LXDE also did the same, fortunately it could remember screen 
> setting for users but the login screen still looked terribly. I could not 
> find out how to set screen resolution and frequency globally.
>
> 2. >"Simply" create an xorg.conf file, and put there whatever you need to 
> override the automatic
>   
> > detection. The file doesn't need to contain the entire configuration, just 
> > the changed "lines" or
> > sections.
> >     
> I don't think that making a working xorg.conf file is that simple. Especially 
> if one does not know exactly which of those many lines  does what. If I 
> understand correctly sax2 was removed from 11.2. How can I make an xorg.conf 
> file then from scratch? It would be ridiculous (and also very bad) if the 
> application that could be used for creating an xorg.conf file easily was 
> removed from the distro.
>
> 3. There is no problem until the system detects and conigures your graphics 
> card and screen correctly AND according to your needs.  But how to fix it if 
> it doesn't? (Eg. you don't like 1600x1200 and want 1024x768 instead). Strange 
> that there is no howto or manual on this issue.
>   

I have a feeling that the "patrolman" will reply to this telling you to
"Google" for the answer!

But then, I am not always right :-) .

BC

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I work to live not live to work.


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