help! 855 chipset resolution

[Fred Crowson]

Vim Visual wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know where is my xorg.conf!
> 
> locate xorg.conf yields
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf.eg
> /usr/X11R6/man/cat5/xorg.conf.0
> 
> In /etc/X11/ it's not to find... What is xorg.conf.eg? Is it an
> example? Where is reading xorg the configuration for X from??
> 
> elachistos% ls /etc/X11/
> app-defaults gdm          proxymngr    rstart       xdm          xkb
>       xsm
> fs           lbxproxy     rc.xprint    twm          xinit        xserver
> 
> That's very strange, isn't it? I am writing this email from gnome...
> under X, of course...
> 

The Xorg X server doesn't need an xorg.conf to run - it probes, and try 
to work out the right answer on startup.  An xorg.conf would be useful 
if the result server doesn't fulfill your requirements for some reason, 
ie your hardware is incorrectly setup, or you want to run an unusual set up.

HTH

Fred
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