Linux How to reconfigure X window system?

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  1. tilliethepirate

    tilliethepirate What's a Dremel?

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    I just did a net install of Debian, and unfortunately I configured my X window system incorrectly. Fortuntely I know what I did wrong.

    I told it to go VESA instead of VGA.

    I'm at the shell. How do I fix this minor problem?
     
    tilliethepirate, 27 Aug 2006
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  2. BjD

    BjD What's a Dremel?

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    "xorgconfig" is possibly the program the installer uses to set it up. Alternatively you can edit the /etx/X11/xorg.conf yourself if you know what you're looking for :)
     
    BjD, 27 Aug 2006
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  3. Glider

    Glider /dev/null

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    Sometimes xorgconfig doesn't work, then there's "xorgcfg" which asks you some questions and makes a xorg.conf for you.
     
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  4. ozstrike

    ozstrike yip yip yip yip

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    would dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg work? Done that on a Ubuntu system, and seeing as it's similar to Deb, it might work.
     
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  5. Elv13

    Elv13 What's a Dremel?

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    few live-cd like mepis have option to remplace "live" the xorg.conf file of an instalation linux, it work for almost all distro using xorg
     
    Elv13, 27 Aug 2006
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  6. tilliethepirate

    tilliethepirate What's a Dremel?

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    Does the dpkg have to be from the CD? I did a NetInst, if that changes anything. Wouldn't a "depackage" just kind of rip it from the CD?
     
    tilliethepirate, 29 Aug 2006
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    /etc/apt/sources.list defines where packages come from.
     
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  8. centered effect

    centered effect What's a Dremel?

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    Try:

    dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

    Some debian distro versions use Xfree instead of Xorg
     
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