xserver lost configuration, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg isn't helping

**bezdomny** · 07-12-2008

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

has been tried numerous times with different values and even though it correctly detects my display adapter and my monitor, I still end up with a command line.

Any suggestions?

Perhaps some manual edits from the command line (with pico, I guess) of /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

display adapter according to dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg:

Code:

nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX400]

display adapter according to lspci:

Code:

VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]

adapter bus according to dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg:

Code:

PCI:1:0:0

adapter bus according to lspci:

Code:

01:00.0

monitor according to dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg:

Code:

BenQ FP731

Thanks and best regards from (smoky) Northern California USA,

bezdomny

**devils casper** · 07-13-2008

Have you installed Nvidia Proprietary driver? What the output of this

Code:

grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

**bezdomny** · 07-13-2008

Thanks, devils casper. I thought I had already made a post here that the issue had been resolved, with a description of the solution. Obviously I overlooked it, so here it is.

From the command line, xorg.config was deleted. Then, pico was used to open the oldest backup and save it as "xorg.config". All is well now.

*dpkg-reconfigure xerver-xorg* doesn't seem to work anymore. All the backups I looked at were blank compared to the oldest one that I renamed and which then worked. I will contact the *dpkg-reconfigure xerver-xorg* community and ask why their applet, which used to be so effective, doesn't seem to work anymore and what the solution-- perhaps a new applet-- might be.

Thank you for your help, Devil's Casper!

best regards from Northern California USA,

bezdomny

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