Re: Setting Video Card

[vvokong <vvokong@gmail.com>]

 "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" does not work, when i install lenny today.
.
This command only askes question for keyboard, and nothing for video card.

Finally, I got a xorg.conf with empty sections for video card, as following:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "kbd"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Monitor         "Configured Monitor"
EndSection



When I install lenny about one week ago, this command works well. 
What's wrong with it ?

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Benjamin Schmidt <schmidi2@directbox.com> wrote:

Stephen Grant Brown wrote:

Hi All,

How do I tell the xserver what video card to use?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Stephen Grant Brown

Assumed you have the x-server "xorg" in use...

A simple and quick configuration menu you get when you call the command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg


You find the main configuration file of xorg here:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf


Additional information:

man xorg.conf


Nearly forgot: Be sure you have installed the specific driver as a
package like "xserver-xorg-video-nv" for example.



Best regards,
Benjamin Schmidt