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Fedora releases since {{FedoraVersion|long|10}} do not create a {{filename|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file, used to configure the X server, by default. The X configuration is automatically determined each time X is started. In most cases, this works well and there is no need to manually specify X configuration information.
Fedora releases since {{FedoraVersion|long|10}} do not create a {{filename|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file, used to configure the X server, by default. The X configuration is automatically determined each time X is started. In most cases, this works well and there is no need to manually specify X configuration information.


If you need to make manual changes to X configuration for any reason, you will first need to create a {{filename|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file. There are several ways of doing this.
If you need to make manual changes to X configuration for any reason, you will first need to create a {{filename|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file.  


== system-config-display ==
== Xorg -configure ==
{{admon/warning|Deprecated Package|system-config-display was deprecated during the Fedora 14 development cycle and will not be available in Fedora 14+.}}
If you have the {{package|system-config-display}} package installed, you can use the ''system-config-display'' command to create a configuration file. You can run it interactively simply by running <tt>system-config-display</tt> as root (or find it in the system menus under System > Administration > Display). This may not work if you cannot run X at all. In this case, you can run it non-interactively by using the <tt>--noui</tt> parameter, like so:
<pre>
system-config-display --noui
</pre>
This will create a clean {{filename|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file using the automatically detected driver for your video card. If you wish to specify a particular driver for your card you can simply create a standard {{filename|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}} file and then edit it by hand, but you can also do this directly with ''system-config-display''. For example, to specify the ''nv'' driver, you could do:
<pre>
system-config-display --noui --set-driver=nv
</pre>
When using the <tt>--set</tt> parameters, <tt>--noui</tt> is implied, so you do not really need to include it. For more information on ways you can use ''system-config-display'', run <tt>system-config-display --help</tt>.


== Xorg -configure ==
You can create a basic {{filename|xorg.conf}} using the X executable itself. As root run:


If you do not have the {{package|system-config-display}} package installed and cannot easily install it (for instance, you are stuck without X, and networking is not working), you can create a basic {{filename|xorg.conf}} using the X executable itself. As root and outside of Xorg (run <code>telinit 3</code> as root if necessary), run:
<pre>
<pre>
Xorg -configure
Xorg :1 -configure
</pre>
</pre>
This will create the file {{filename|/root/xorg.conf.new}}, which you can then copy to {{filename|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:
This will create the file {{filename|/root/xorg.conf.new}}, which you can then copy to {{filename|/etc/X11/xorg.conf}}:
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cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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</pre>
and edit according to your needs. Note that this will only work if no X server is currently running.
and edit according to your needs.

Latest revision as of 22:57, 6 August 2011

Fedora releases since Fedora 10 do not create a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, used to configure the X server, by default. The X configuration is automatically determined each time X is started. In most cases, this works well and there is no need to manually specify X configuration information.

If you need to make manual changes to X configuration for any reason, you will first need to create a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

Xorg -configure

You can create a basic xorg.conf using the X executable itself. As root run: 

Xorg :1 -configure

This will create the file /root/xorg.conf.new, which you can then copy to /etc/X11/xorg.conf: 

cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and edit according to your needs.

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