To users that miss xorg.conf and complain about it
I get requests from users and see questions all the time for “where did my xorg.conf go in the latest Ubuntu or Fedora?”, though it is usually a bit more of a flame.
The quick answer… press Ctrl+Alt+F2 or similar to log into a TTY console, or type ‘init 3′ into a root X terminal.
If you haven’t already, log in as root and kill X or type ‘init 3′ if you want to be heavy handed. Then run:
X -configure mv ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xorg.config in two commands. Run the ‘init 5′ command to get back to your GUI login (or kdm or gdm or startx, etc if you know what you are doing. Worst case remove the .conf and restart.)
If you are advanced enough to edit an xorg.conf, the above should be a cakewalk and you shouldn’t complain about it.
Regardless, you should investigate ‘xrandr’ which makes it simple to do runtime adjustments.
If you are a newbie, look into a gui. KDE has KRandRTray which makes controlling outputs and resolutions a breeze. Don’t forget to toggle the output on with the Fn key if you are a laptop user.
Needless to say, Xorg is moving in the right direction. Stop complaining about it.
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May 8th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Just wanted to let you know that tuxtraining.com found your blog post worth “duplicating” http://tuxtraining.com/2009/05/08/xorgconf-fix-in-fedora-10-ubuntu-904-and-others
May 8th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Wow, that is blatant. I wouldn’t have a problem if there was a link back, or even if they took the effort to put it in their own words.
A cursory look the site, it is all copied without sources.
PS: nice blog and projects
May 9th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Tanks for this post – I like your attitude, too.
September 7th, 2009 at 9:05 am
As a user that just installed Fedora after using Slackware for years I found the lack of an xorg.conf file frustrating because it was loading the wrong driver. After reviewing the log file I found out that it, Xorg, was using a built in conf. So how do I get the correct driver? I was searching the net and found this site. Now if xorg is going in the right direction it would be nice if they left some clues along the way. Something like a file in /etc/X11 that told the user what has changed and how to deal with it. But no I had to spend time Fing around on the net and suffer this BS attitude. It would have been very easy for xorg to put the information you had on your blog in a file but did they NO.
December 25th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I must (and will) complain, besides this very arrogant phrase:
“Needless to say, Xorg is moving in the right direction. Stop complaining about it.”
sure it must be YOUR opinion, but not the truth.
try to change the kbd definitions. It must be typed in the xorg.conf and google comes with lots, ACRES of no-solution posts.
Once upon a time it was a breeze to select keyboard type and model, also language and layout. Now it is as good as flame in the ass.
try it with brazilian pt_br language AND abnt2 layout.
December 25th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
irado,
Nothing stops you from having an Xorg.conf. Reread the post and find the ‘X -configure’ bit.
If you want to use the new input hotplugging stuff, take a look here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_Input_Hotplugging. Basically you need to set the language and layout in HAL config files.
What distro are you using?
December 26th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
hi, friend.
“‘X -configure’ bit.”.. it ignores ANY keyboard layout/language, except US ones ;) which (IMHO) is an very arrogant point (and bush’s point of view: “only US exist in the world”).
great that I can set language and layout in HAL config files. So, years ago I simply typed:
# xorgconf –textmode
and in a simply snap voilà.. everything the way I need on this ;)
now those Xorg people simply assumed the german way of things: “If we can do it the difficult way, there is no reason to not do it very difficult”
I am with Slackware 13 and CentOS in a quad-boot envy: these 2 plus FreeBSD 8.0 and FreeBSD 7.2
December 26th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
If you switch to the old kbd and mouse drivers (rather than evdev) you should be able to maintain your old config files?
How are the BSD folks keeping up with graphics drivers? It seems like a lot of the radeon, intel, and nvidia work is tailored to Linux only. I hope that they aren’t morphing Xorg from a cross-platform project into a Linux-only window server. I doubly hope the BSD folks don’t decide they need their own X server. *sigh*
December 27th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
LOL
I know nothing about X over FreeBSD – I just use it as serious servers, not as desktop :)
flames > /dev/null
anyway, many thanks for the archilinux link you put (above) here; I get something here and there and now my xfce is running the way I want it to.