Adjust autoconfigured Xorg

[Mario Andes]

If you have an old version of xorg.conf, simply copy it in /etc/X11!
Always it is possible to corect it with f.e. "kate", a simple text editor or vi.

- Mario Andes

On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:46:08 +0100, Peter Hummers <phummers at emailhosting.com> wrote:

> On my 8.10 Kubuntu install, when I leave X or reboot, the monitor  
> resolution
> comes back at 1152x864, too large for my screen, and it's shifted to the  
> right
> about 1/3 of a screen's worth. As soon as I go to the System  
> Settings/Display,
> it snaps back to 1024x768, properly positioned.
>
> I went to /etc/X11/xorg.conf to adjust it, and found this (this is the  
> whole
> file, except for the comments):
>
>> Section "Device"
>>         Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>>         Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>>         Monitor         "Configured Monitor"
>>         Device          "Configured Video Device"
>> EndSection
>
> Looks like Xorg is self-configuring nowadays, but can I change X to  
> start up in
> 1024x768?
>
> ~Pete HUMMERS
>



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