Where are monitor etc. settings kept?

[Willy K. Hamra]

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Andrew Jarrett wrote:
>> John Culleton wrote:
>>> I am used to the Slackware distro where monitor etc. settings are kept
>>> in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  On Ubuntu this file is effectively empty. Are
>>> Ubuntu and Kubuntu alike in this respect? If so, where are the
>>> settings for e.g., refresh rates,  color depth, screen sizes etc.
>>> actually kept?
>> what do you mean empty? all my display settings are in this xorg.conf
>> file! a file full of stuff here.
> 
> I believe that Hardy made a change to where display settings are
> stored (no longer "/etc/X11/xorg.conf").  I am not sure about where to
> look because I haven't made the upgrade yet.
> 
> Andrew
> 
i dont know, maybe these settings in my xorg.conf are still from the
days of gutsy, it's been ages since i manually edited anything there, if
it's true that hardy is not using the file anymore, then it is probably
a useless file now. if anyone knows anything about this, please tell us
about it.

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Willy K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems
Co. Manager of Zeina Computer & Billy Net
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