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William Biggs

9 Oct 2009 9 Oct '09

04:32

How do I edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file then save it ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Rajko M.

9 Oct 9 Oct

04:56

On Thursday 08 October 2009 23:32:51 William Biggs wrote:

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How do I edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file then save it ?

As root user, with any plain text editor that you like. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

phanisvara das

05:10

On Friday 09 October 2009 10:02:51 am William Biggs wrote:

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How do I edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file then save it ?

um, with a text editor of course. you'll have to start is as root, since xorg.conf belongs to root and can't be modified from any other user account. don't know whch text editor you prefer; to open it in kwrite and open xorg.conf straight away, you'd type "kdesu kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf" in krunner, i.e., after pressing . you'll be asked for the root password before kwrite starts with the file already open. -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Peter Nikolic

06:48

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How do I edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file then save it ? Become root

On Friday 09 Oct 2009 05:32:51 William Biggs wrote: then "joe /etc/X11/xorg.conf" "Ctrl+k+x" to save and leave Pete. -- Powered by openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.30-rc6-git3-4- default KDE: 4.2.86 (KDE 4.2.86 (KDE 4.3 >= 20090514)) "release 1" 07:45 up 13 days 9:28, 4 users, load average: 0.13, 0.10, 0.03

Mark Goldstein

10:21

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Peter Nikolic wrote:

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How do I edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file then save it ? Become root

On Friday 09 Oct 2009 05:32:51 William Biggs wrote: then "joe /etc/X11/xorg.conf"

"Ctrl+k+x" to save and leave

Any editor, as root, but don't forget to re-calculate md5 checksum using md5sum and put it into corg.conf.md5 in the same directory, otherwise X will not start. -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Clayton

10:32

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Any editor, as root, but don't forget to re-calculate md5 checksum using md5sum and put it into corg.conf.md5 in the same directory, otherwise X will not start.

Really? I've NEVER done that... and edited xorg many many times... and X always started. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Mark Goldstein

10:37

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Clayton wrote:

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Any editor, as root, but don't forget to re-calculate md5 checksum using md5sum and put it into corg.conf.md5 in the same directory, otherwise X will not start.

Really? I've NEVER done that... and edited xorg many many times... and X always started.

... of course it should be xorg.conf.md5... Well, I do not remember which version of SuSE it was when I found out that after manually changing xorg.conf, X would not start. I then found out that SaX modifies MD5 checksum. Since then I'm always doing it. Maybe it is not needed anymore? -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Felix Miata

11:04

On 2009/10/09 12:37 (GMT+0200) Mark Goldstein composed:

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On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Clayton wrote:

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Any editor, as root, but don't forget to re-calculate md5 checksum using md5sum and put it into corg.conf.md5 in the same directory, otherwise X will not start.

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Really? I've NEVER done that... and edited xorg many many times... and X always started.

Same here.

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... of course it should be xorg.conf.md5...

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Well, I do not remember which version of SuSE it was when I found out that after manually changing xorg.conf, X would not start.

Probably some fluke.

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I then found out that SaX modifies MD5 checksum. Since then I'm always doing it. Maybe it is not needed anymore?

Surely the md5 has something to do with how Sax/YaST decides if xorg.conf remains unchanged since the last time _it_ changed it. -- " A patriot without religion . . . is as great a paradox, as an honest man without the fear of God. . . . 2nd U.S. President, John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Mark Goldstein

12:40

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Felix Miata wrote:

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On 2009/10/09 12:37 (GMT+0200) Mark Goldstein composed:

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On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Clayton wrote:

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Any editor, as root, but don't forget to re-calculate md5 checksum using md5sum and put it into corg.conf.md5 in the same directory, otherwise X will not start.

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Really? I've NEVER done that... and edited xorg many many times... and X always started.

Same here.

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Surely the md5 has something to do with how Sax/YaST decides if xorg.conf remains unchanged since the last time _it_ changed it.

Right, I've removed "md5" and everything worked... But I'm quite sure it happened more than once to me that after editing of xorg.conf I had to update xorg.conf.md5. I think, maybe it was not that X would not start, but it definitely ignored the changes I did in xorg.conf (some changes in keyboard definitions). It was some years ago and since then I always recalculates md5... Never mind and sorry for misleading the OP. -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Rikard Johnels

20:08

On Friday 09 October 2009 12:37:48 Mark Goldstein wrote:

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On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Clayton wrote:

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Any editor, as root, but don't forget to re-calculate md5 checksum using md5sum and put it into corg.conf.md5 in the same directory, otherwise X will not start.

Really? I've NEVER done that... and edited xorg many many times... and X always started.

... of course it should be xorg.conf.md5...

Well, I do not remember which version of SuSE it was when I found out that after manually changing xorg.conf, X would not start. I then found out that SaX modifies MD5 checksum. Since then I'm always doing it. Maybe it is not needed anymore?

-- Mark Goldstein

It was probably something else. What I did discover tho, is that you shouldnt have a xorg.conf in root's home I once copied the original to "root's root", and X didnt seem to want to react at all to the changes i made to /etc/X11/xorg.conf no matter how i tried. When i renamed /root/xorg.conf it worked.. :) -- /Rikard Johnels

Peter Nikolic

10 Oct 10 Oct

07:11

On Friday 09 Oct 2009 11:21:41 Mark Goldstein wrote:

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but don't forget to re-calculate md5 checksum using md5sum and put it into corg.conf.md5 in the same directory, otherwise X will not start.

Pardon ? never in the reign of pigs pudding -- Powered by openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.30-rc6-git3-4- default KDE: 4.2.86 (KDE 4.2.86 (KDE 4.3 >= 20090514)) "release 1" 08:10 up 14 days 9:52, 4 users, load average: 0.16, 0.15, 0.06

David C. Rankin

11 Oct 11 Oct

00:56

On Thursday 08 October 2009 11:32:51 pm William Biggs wrote:

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How do I edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file then save it ?

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf ~/ cp ~/xorg.conf ~/xorg.conf.orig then edit ~/xorg.conf then as root cp ~/xorg.conf /etc/X11 -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Clayton
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Felix Miata
Mark Goldstein
Peter Nikolic
phanisvara das
Rajko M.
Rikard Johnels
William Biggs