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njcwotx Guru
Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 587 Location: Texas
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:10 pm Post subject: Raspberry Pi and xorg.conf |
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I have my freshly built up gentoo install on my RPi, pretty much all of the hard base level packages are emerged. I am running fluxbox and Xorg-server. I can start fluxbox and it works great. However, I can only start it if I go without an xorg.conf file and use defaults. All is good, except its defaulting to a large resolution of 1600x1200 and I want to tweak that to a smaller resolution to improve performance.
The problem I have is that whenever I use "Xorg -configure" I get a 'no devices to configure' message.
I have experimented with video cards.
fbdev seems to be what it uses by default when it does work (based on the Xorg.0.log file generated), but setting fbdev in VIDEO_CARDS doesnt work. Configure appears to see fbdev and tries to load the driver in the log but it fails.
Anyone with a working xorg.conf on the RPi? _________________ Drinking from the fountain of knowldege.
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54397 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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njcwotx,
You need the friendly manual.
The Pi doesn't work the way you think it does.
Also, Xorg -configure has been broken for a long time now.
If you do need an xorg.conf these days, write it by hand or copy fragments from /usr/share/... _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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njcwotx Guru
Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 587 Location: Texas
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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I ended up using config.txt values to set a lower resolution which ended my need to mess with xorg.conf at this time. _________________ Drinking from the fountain of knowldege.
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leonixyz Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 18 Sep 2012 Posts: 76
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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what about VIDEO_CARDS flag? is fbdev right? |
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njcwotx Guru
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:35 am Post subject: |
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I ended up going without an xorg.conf file. The link provided by Neddy gave me the settings for the config.txt bootfile. I was able to reduce the resolution with those settings. Doesnt mean that someone else may not have figured out what video cards setting to use in xorg.conf. I just found I out I did not need one to set the resolution on the pi. fbdev does not work for me. _________________ Drinking from the fountain of knowldege.
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