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xorg.conf got me!
Posted by simonw on Thu 31 Jul 2008 at 16:26
My desktop box that is using testing (Lenny) was behaving strange with highlight and drag and drop not working quite right. Seeming to send more events than expected in KDE, getting in a mess every now and then.
After some reading around similar issues with touchpads (nope 3 button mouse).
I braved...
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Which backed up my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and then ripped all the details out. On restarting kdm everything seems sensible so far.
I assume I'd edited xorg.conf causing dpkg not to update it when the latest xserver-xorg package was installed. The new xorg configuration trick is going to be to remember to make sure the configuration file is suitably devoid of meaningful content.
The more things change.....
After some reading around similar issues with touchpads (nope 3 button mouse).
I braved...
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Which backed up my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and then ripped all the details out. On restarting kdm everything seems sensible so far.
I assume I'd edited xorg.conf causing dpkg not to update it when the latest xserver-xorg package was installed. The new xorg configuration trick is going to be to remember to make sure the configuration file is suitably devoid of meaningful content.
The more things change.....
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Posted by Anonymous (206.174.xx.xx) on Thu 31 Jul 2008 at 17:32
At least something is paying attention to your xorg.conf! What gets me is the increasing number of drivers that just ignore it.
I have a 1440x900 display that apparently shows up in an edid scan as 1440x1440. So I have been unable to use the free ati or radeon drivers in Lenny, as they just select the best resolution which then forces my monitor to turn off.
The ATI fglrx driver uses the right modeline, but it hangs when you log out. Sigh.
I have a 1440x900 display that apparently shows up in an edid scan as 1440x1440. So I have been unable to use the free ati or radeon drivers in Lenny, as they just select the best resolution which then forces my monitor to turn off.
The ATI fglrx driver uses the right modeline, but it hangs when you log out. Sigh.
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Posted by Utumno (118.160.xx.xx) on Sat 2 Aug 2008 at 05:35
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I discovered nowadays there is no need to xorg.conf file any more. Go ahead, rm -rf it and watch everything (including compiz) work as it should.
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