Where did xorg.conf go?

[Steve Reilly]

Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> Recent versions of X.org don't need it as they autodetect  
>> everything. If
>> you need one just create it.
> 
> As others have said, Xorg doesn't *need* one any more. You only need  
> to create one if for some reason the auto-detection of the correct  
> settings on the fly doesn't work in some way for your hardware.
> 
> If you have a real problem and need to tweak the Xorg settings, then  
> creating the file is fine. On the other hand, if your system was  
> working fine without one, and you where just curious as to why it was  
> missing, then I would recommend removing whatever you have created and  
> let Xorg go back to how it likes to work these days.
> 
> cheers Chris
> 
im curious now.  this weekends project was to upgrade a frontend and
backend/frontend with 9.10 mythbuntu.  everything went smooth on the
dell desktop, no problems at all actually, scary.  but on the combo
desktop, self built with nvidia 8200 chipset, this booted to a command
line.  first thing I did was sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change
nvidia driver to vesa, startx, then fix the driver install.

does 9.10 mythbuntu not use the same xorg as 9.10 ubuntu?

or does the proprietary driver install make an xorg.conf?



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