HELP Xserver cannot start

[Derek Broughton]

Oliver Grawert wrote:

> hi,
> On So, 2005-09-18 at 11:18 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> 
>> That's a little disingenuous.  Sooner or later, ime, you _have_ to modify
>> the xorg.conf file.
> i strongly disagree here, neither my girlfriend nor my pareants have
> edited their xorg.conf/xfree86.conf since warty, what should be the
> rationale for editing that file if the settings are correct and the
> display is running fine ? if the autodetection doesnt work or the tools
> that modify the file for binary drivers dont regenerate the md5sum,
> thats a bug and you should rather file it than working around it by
> fiddling with your xorg.conf, this way it wont ever get fixed for
> anyone.

e.g., my ALPS touchpad works best when configured using a file in the
READMEs.  Somebody obviously knows it needs to be done, but they haven't
autoconfigured it yet.

e.g., my Dell widescreen laptop _natively_ runs 1280x800 pixels.  xorg
simply wouldn't offer it as a configuration option - which was known long
ago. I believe that was fixed September 8.

It doesn't matter if you can file a bug, it'll take - at best - weeks for a
fix.  Meanwhile, you either fix it yourself, or wait with a poorly
configured X server.
-- 
derek