New System Problem

[Young]

NoOp wrote:
> On 08/14/2008 08:50 AM, Young wrote:
> 
>> Also, if the system is left alone for long enough, the display goes 
>> black (screensaver) and then returns when the mouse is moved. So, I'm 
>> guessing that the system is running okay, except for the graphics.
>>
>> Mark
>>
> 
> Try changing the default screen depth to 16 instead of 24 in your
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
> 

The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file looks like this; on my old machine (up to 
date), the hard drive of the new machine, and the file system image of 
the Live cd on the new machine.

Wouldn't the screen depth need to be changed at a lower level than this? 
Or is there a way to change it in this file by replacing "Default 
Screen" with something else?

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# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
EndSection

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

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
EndSection

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