... and it all starts to fall apart.

[swestrup]

I am, once again, in Xorg hell. Folks SAY that its a perfectly logical configuration file but every time I make the smallest changes, the results have no relation to what I did. Case in point: Debian Lenny fails to come up in a reasonable screen resolution (no surprise there -- I've NEVER had a Linux that correctly figured out how to run my graphics card and screen, on any combination of hardware I've ever used).

So, I check out the "Screen Resolution" applet and it has no option for a resolution higher than 800x600. So, then I try out the "Monitors and Displays" applet. It says I have the right graphics driver, but it doesn't recognize my my monitor. I tell it that its Plug and Play. It tries it out and ... crashes Xorg.

So, in text mode I look at the log, and there is a complaint that it can't find a driver for a Symantic touchpad input device. Uh, what?

So, I go into the Xorg.conf and comment out the touchpad device, and restart X.  Now it says I have two monitors and none of them can go higher than 640x480. Say what???

So, I run dpkg-reconfigure and it puts me right back where I started. Bleah.

Comments

[hendrikboom.livejournal.com]

One thing that often works is removing your xorg.conf file. I don't know if it works for you, but it has worked for a lot of people. (actually, it's probably better to rename it so it isn't recognised, in case you want to put it back).

-- hendrik

[hendrikboom.livejournal.com]

xorg itself is sometimes better at autorecognising hardware than dpkg-reconfigure is at reconfiguring. That's why getting rid of xorg.conf can be helpful.

-- hendrik