[NTLUG:Discuss] KDE 4.6? - WAS - xorg.conf settings question *FIXED*

[Gilbert Morrow]

That is good to hear.
Reloading the xorg file would regenerate the file much the same way KDE will
if the KDE folder is removed from "HOME"  thus resorting things that were
removed. The distro I use no longer relies on xorg (openSUSE) someday the U
will follow.
 On Mar 6, 2011 12:03 PM, "Wayne Dahl" <w.dahl4 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Gilbert Morrow wrote:
>> Google "reload xorg.conf"
>> On Mar 5, 2011 8:41 PM, "Wayne Dahl" <w.dahl4 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks. I need a little help here. I had an update go a bit south on
>>>
>> my laptop here, HP Pavillion DV9620US. In the process of trying to fix
it,
>> I mistakenly ran the xorg fix from the recovery session and it basically
>> wiped my xorg.conf file. I THOUGHT I had a backup copy of the working
file,
>> but upon inspection, turns out I don't.
>>
>>> Here's the contents of my current xorg.conf file...
>>>
>>> # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
>>> #
>>> # This file was generated by failsafeDexconf, using
>>> # values from the debconf database and some overrides to use vesa mode.
>>> #
>>> # You should use dexconf or another such tool for creating a "real"
>>>
>> xorg.conf
>>
>>> # For example:
>>> # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
>>> Driver "kbd"
>>> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
>>> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
>>> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
>>> Driver "mouse"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>>
>>> Section "InputDevice"
>>> Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
>>> Driver "synaptics"
>>> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
>>> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>>> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
>>> Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "Device"
>>> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
>>> Boardname "nv"
>>> Busid "PCI:0:18:0"
>>> Driver "nvidia"
>>> Screen 0
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Monitor"
>>> Identifier "Configured Monitor"
>>> Vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
>>> Modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
>>> modeline "640x480 at 60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
>>> Gamma 1.0
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "Screen"
>>> Identifier "Default Screen"
>>> Device "Configured Video Device"
>>> Monitor "Configured Monitor"
>>> Defaultdepth 24
>>> SubSection "Display"
>>> Depth 24
>>> Virtual 640 480
>>> Modes "640x480 at 60"
>>> EndSubSection
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>> Identifier "Default Layout"
>>> screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
>>> Inputdevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "Module"
>>> Load "glx"
>>> Load "v4l"
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "device" #
>>> Identifier "device1"
>>> Boardname "nv"
>>> Busid "PCI:0:18:0"
>>> Driver "nvidia"
>>> Screen 1
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "screen" #
>>> Identifier "screen1"
>>> Device "device1"
>>> Defaultdepth 24
>>> Monitor "monitor1"
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "monitor" #
>>> Identifier "monitor1"
>>> Gamma 1.0
>>> EndSection
>>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>> I know the screen resolutions are missing and I haven't been able to
>>>
>> figure out where to put what. This one doesn't look anything like my
>> desktop. Max resolution on this laptop is 1440x900, not sure about the
>> refresh rate. The video card is an nVidia GeForce Go 7150M (UMA) and the
>> screen is a 17" WXGA+ High-Definition BrightView Widescreen.
>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated. I don't know if I'm just putting the
wrong
>>>
>> keyword in or what, but Google hasn't been much help, so far.
>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Dahl
>>> No electrons were abused in any way by any Microsoft product in the
>>>
>> creation or sending of this email.
>>
>>> OS: Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on an HP DV9620US laptop
>>>
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> Thanks for the responses from Leroy and Gilbert. I'm not sure why I
> didn't try this before...maybe because I was going cross-eyed from all
> the baloney I was coming across on Google. I pulled a printout of the
> xorg.conf file from my desktop and basically copied the screen
> resolutions from the "Monitor" section into the file on my laptop and
> added the ones I wanted in the "Screen" section. Leroy, my problem was
> I was stuck in 640x480 resolution and couldn't change it...it was the
> highest resolution available. After copying the desired resolution
> modes, I was still stuck at 640x480. I'm not sure what made me look at
> it...but after comparing the two again, I saw that, under the "Screen"
> section, Virtual was set for 640 480. My desktop had my current screen
> resolution in there. I changed the laptop "Screen" section Virtual to
> 1440 900 and upon reboot, the laptop STILL came up in 640x480. BUT,
> when I went to the Display in System Settings, voila...I now had all the
> screen resolutions to choose from. I picked 1440x900 and the laptop is
> back to normal again.
>
> Gilbert, reloading the xorg.conf file wasn't the problem. It was
> loading what was there, it's just that what was there was wrong for this
> laptop.
>
> Leroy, I followed your link and something in it made me go back and fire
> up Vista (yes, it's still installed, although I never run it) and found
> that all the resolution modes in Vista were set to 60 Hz...same as the
> xorg.conf file on my desktop. So I went back to Kubuntu, and THAT'S
> when I happened to see the setting for Virtual in the Screen section.
>
> Whew...may be time to go ahead and upgrade this laptop. The latest and
> greatest Kubuntu is running KDE 4.6. Anyone running that and what do
> you think of it so far?
>
> Thanks for all the help guys. You steered me in the right direction
> once again.
>
> --
> Wayne Dahl
>
> No electrons were abused in any way by any Microsoft product in the
composition or initial sending of this email.
>
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