xorg.conf

[huckym]

I have installed hardy as a guest on virtualbox running on an XP host. I am stuck with 800x600 screen resolution while my system supports 1440x900. My /etc/X11/sorg.conf is shown below. It does not have a mode specifier for resolution setting. When i try "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" I get the following message (without going to the configuration blue screen).

xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20080423005332


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

[huckym]

Re: xorg.conf

if I dont use -phigh with dpkg-reconfigure, I get to the blue screen but it only asks question about keyboard layout and does not show options for screen resolution.

[Rog131]

Re: xorg.conf

What happens if you manually edit xorg.conf ?

Something like:

<snip>

Section "Screen"
    Identifier   "Default Screen"
    Monitor     "Configured Monitor"
    Device     "Configured Video Device"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes		"1440x900"
	EndSubSection
EndSection


<snap>

[huckym]

Re: xorg.conf

I added those lines manually and it doesnt start X at all. Keeps trying and falling back to console login.
Finally i need to restart in safe mode and fix X server which reverts back to the default without the mode line.

[huckym]

Re: xorg.conf

I rebooted the virtual machine and it gets stuck at
"Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"