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Gareth · 28-02-2006, 13:52

You won't need to resort to re-installing the OS, as the only part that is borked is X. As such, I would edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, as this is where the configuration settings for the X server are stored.

As you may already know, xorg.conf consists of several different sections, and each section is responsible for defining a particular aspect of the configuration. You're interested in the 'Device' section, as this deals with the graphcis card you've told X you're using.

Alternatively, the X server comes with a handy utility that will automatically create a working xorg.conf file. You should be able to simply call xorgconfig from a command prompt. It will prompt you for the info it's unable to determine itself, before writing a new version of xorg.conf (you might want to back-up your original one, even though it's not working properly, in case you want to see what it has changed. Just do cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old)

You might need to call startx once you've made the change, in order for the X server to actually start.

28-02-2006, 13:52	#3
Gareth cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 51 Posts: 7,101	Re: SUSE Linux 10 You won't need to resort to re-installing the OS, as the only part that is borked is X. As such, I would edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, as this is where the configuration settings for the X server are stored. As you may already know, xorg.conf consists of several different sections, and each section is responsible for defining a particular aspect of the configuration. You're interested in the 'Device' section, as this deals with the graphcis card you've told X you're using. Alternatively, the X server comes with a handy utility that will automatically create a working xorg.conf file. You should be able to simply call xorgconfig from a command prompt. It will prompt you for the info it's unable to determine itself, before writing a new version of xorg.conf (you might want to back-up your original one, even though it's not working properly, in case you want to see what it has changed. Just do cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old) You might need to call startx once you've made the change, in order for the X server to actually start.