Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

["[KS]" <lists04@fastmail.fm>]

Angelina Carlton wrote:
> Doofus <doofus@bulldoghome.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>xf86cfg prduces a sort of working config with a 640x480 display in the
>>middle of the screen, but no mouse. Can anyone describe any other
>>methods of fighting one's way toward a working config file?
>>
> 
>  ugh, the attachment I sent dosent have that resoulution but I did run
>  that when using XF86, the laptop now uses xorg and if your stuck I can
>  boot it up and send the current xorg.con whose mode line should work
>  with XF86
> 
>  from the file I attached earlier, you could just add your resolution to
>  the mode line changing this:
>  Modes           "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
>  to this:
>  Modes           "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
> 
>  

Hmm....this should have been generated when reconfiguring if correct
specs of the montior were given.

But still, you can use the relevant information from the old XF86 file.
That is why keeping a copy of the old config file before the new one
works is a good habit.

/ks