[mdlug] Ubuntu hardware changes

[Michael ORourke]

Thanks Ray.

Here is one of the suggestions I found when I did a Google search...
Switch to single user mode, non graphical login, then run...

# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Which asked a lot of questions about the hardware and recreates the 
xorg.conf file.  But it wasn't quite right.  Might have been because I 
didn't answer all the questions accurately, but not sure.
So I plugged in a spare hard drive and booted up off the live/install CD, 
then copied the xorg.conf file.  Probably didn't even need to plug in a 
spare hard drive.  After coping the file and rebooting, everything looked 
good.

However, it just seems like it should be as easier and have better 
autodetection than answering a series of questions.  Sure seems to be able 
to figure it out when it boots from cdrom.

-Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raymond McLaughlin" <driveray at ameritech.net>
To: "MDLUG's Main discussion list" <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Ubuntu hardware changes


> Michael ORourke wrote:
>> Lug nuts,
>>
>> I recently tried ubuntu on a spare PC and it's working rather well, 
>> however
>> I recently changed the monitor and it seems to be stuck with the old 
>> monitor
>> configuration.  I'm looking for a utility like YAST but I can't seem to 
>> find
>> such a tool.  Any suggestions... aside from hand-editing the xorg.conf 
>> file?
>>
>> -Mike
>
> If you're not terrified of the command line, try this command as root:
>   # xorgconfig
>
> It will start up a menu based (question and answer based mostly) program
> that will quiz you about your hard ware and preferences. It takes a
> little getting used to. You must answer the questions in the order they
> are give. There is no going backward, so if you give a wrong answer you
> will need to kill the program with ctrl-C and then start over. It will
> not touch your config file till you tell it to at the end. Backups of
> working config are still recommended before you start.
>
> For most questions it is safe to take the default answer (hit enter) if
> you don't know. It is a very good idea to have documentation for you
> graphics card and your monitor on hand!
>
> Because this tool is a standard part of xorg it has the advantage of
> generating nice, clear, very editable xorg.config files.
>
> I hope this helps
> Raymond McLaughlin
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