How to determine Xorg configuration file in use?
Victor Marquez
victor.w3 at gmail.com
Fri May 20 00:59:40 UTC 2005
Hi all,
I am trying to add resolution options to the graphical environment but
can not find the appropriate configuration file in use.
I added my resolution option to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and to
/etc/XF86Config and did tellinit 3 and tellinit 5 each time. After that
I do not see the new option added to the list when I access System
Settings... Display... Settings.
This is how I added the option:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
I am using FC3 as VMware guest OS under Windows XP.
I have a laptop with monitor at 1280x800.
I have read man xorg.conf and tried to determine the appropriate file by
looking at the paths this man page says xorg searches and still can not
find the appropriate file.
I can not find the -config option because I do not know where xorg is
started. Looked at /etc/inittab and it runs /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
but I believe it is not started there. Or it is?
My environment seems not to have a $XORGCONFIG variable set (echo
$XORGCONFIG returns a blank line).
Can somebody help me please?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Victor Marquez
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