[ltp] xorg.conf ignored?

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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:31:10 -0500


---- Atul Chitnis <mail@atulchitnis.net> wrote: 
> 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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This LT uses the ATI driver.