[ltp] xorg.conf ignored?

Atul Chitnis linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:50:51 +0530 (IST)


On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, bhaskins@chartermi.net wrote:

>
> I may be wrong about this but it seems that
> recent distros, Ubuntu, Fedora... are ignoring
> xorg.conf

It's not the distro - its the driver :)

The intel driver is designed to be a "just works" situation. Though it 
does have a bunch of nice options you can set.

> I have added several X Y selections here
> and they don't show up under the screen selection menu
> or after reboot.

You'll need to use the i810 driver if you want tweak stuff majorly.

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Media_Accelerator_950

http://intellinuxgraphics.org/

"man intel" should also give you lots of info.

Atul

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