xorg.conf for HDMI

[suvayu ali]

Hi Lokesh,

A small comment before we get on to your problem. Please do not top
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> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 6:01 PM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> xorg.conf has been phased out for many releases now. The support is
>> there for cases when automatic configuration doesn't work. So my
>> question is: have you tried without any xorg.conf? Maybe use xrandr to
>> get the correct resolution working? Something like this might work:
>>
>> $ xrandr --output <HDMI display> --mode <resolution> \
>>    --output <your regular display> --mode <resolution>

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 15:10, lokesh kumar <lokeshkumar.222 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When i am trying to run xrandr command i am getting ,error "can't open
> display 0:0" ,i have removed all xorg.conf files
> do you have any clue abt what could be wrong with my xrandr.
>

You are not giving any details about your setup. Some important
questions might be:

1. How many and what displays were connected to your machine when you
   tried this?
2. Were you connected remotely over ssh?

Those are the two things that came up. In short more information is always good.

-- 
Suvayu

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