[Linux-Anyway] Re: Update: A /dev question
- From: Meph Istopheles <Meph@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 08:42:42 -0800 (PST)
Never got this one either:
> > Hey, I just had an idea -- well, for my own X problem,
> > anyway. Is there a generic XFree86(-4) or xorg.config I might
> > be able to try to see if I can at least open X? Then I can
> > enter more specifics & keep going till it's (essentially) as
> > my current. Only, I hope, without whatever causing X not to
> > start.
> A generic xorg.config probably wouldn't work - it could only be
> a template, with hardly a useable config.
> I've adopted a dirty trick: since I always have a knoppix cd on
> me, I just shove it in, mount the partition where /etc is
> located read-write, and then copy the XFconfig from knoppix'
> /etc to, say, /mnt/hda5/etc/X11. I then restart the machine
> with the installed system, and X usually works right away. The
> knoppix-configured XFconfig is usually a bit on the
> conservative side regarding the possible resolution and refresh
> rate, so you can tune it up a bit. It does DDC probing, so the
> refresh rates it specifies are trustworthy.
Hmm. I like it. I could copy my existing xorg.config & try
the different settings from that in the file from knoppix till I
get it right. I like it. That'll save me having to
reinstall:-).
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