On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 10:32 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: Snip > > You can not stop that. This is the current correct behavior. The > xorg.conf reconfiguration you expect is "old school" and now your X > would probably start with out even an xorg.conf file. You could try > xorg -configure and see if that gives you a working video display. If > it does, it will save a config file in /root. You could then try that > file out like this: xorg -config /root/file. if it works, copy it > to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. My mistake: you need to run this: X -configure then X --config /root/filename If you get an grey screen with an "x" in it that moves with your mouse, your X is configured. Copy the file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and test, if the problem remains, your problem will then be in the window manger configuration > > For an explanation of what is current in xorg.conf see this page: > > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 A good read on what is > current. The method you expect to see is the "old way", the way we > learned, but is now defunct. > > HTH -- Damon L. Chesser damon@damtek.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser
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