Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] No xorg.conf but GNOME works great?
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:00:23
Message-Id: 200603071058.27014.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] No xorg.conf but GNOME works great? by Charles Read
1 On Tuesday 07 March 2006 05:14, Charles Read wrote:
2 > Hi everybody!
3 >
4 > So I followed the GNOME install from the website, and I can totally
5 > run GDM and get into my desktops. But the screen resolution is off
6 > and there is no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 to edit. I am running an
7 > HP dv5000 notebook with the Turion AMD 64. Any help?
8
9 Xorg got so advanced it does not need a configure file. It doesn't know
10 exactly what is desired in all cases though. There are a number of ways
11 to create a config file. One way is to use "X -configure". There should
12 be a manual on configuring X somewhere among the docs.
13
14 Paul
15
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17 Paul de Vrieze
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