On Jan 1, 2008 6:15 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > SO ... rsync that xorg.conf file off that machine (or copy it to the > hard drive somewhere if the live CD can do that) and use it in CentOS-5. > > It should be interchangeable. > > Thanks, > Johnny Hughes > > sorry to bring up this old thread. i just have time to try this again. i boot up puppy linux from usb and copy the xorg.conf from it. puppy can display 1024x768 resolution in my hardware. but after i copy the working xorg.conf from puppy into centos, the centos X just wont start at all. below attached the xorg.conf content from puppy linux for your review. so anything i can correct to make it work on centos 5.1??? tia. xorg.conf #Special base config file used in Puppy Linux. # ********************************************************************** # Module section -- this section is used to specify # which dynamically loadable modules to load. # ********************************************************************** # Section "Module" # This loads the DBE extension module. Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension EndSubSection # This loads the font modules Load "type1" Load "freetype" # This loads the GLX module Load "glx" # This loads xtrap extension, used by xrandr Load "xtrap" EndSection # ********************************************************************** # Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. RgbPath "/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/rgb" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together), # as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath # command (or a combination of both methods) FontPath "/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" EndSection # ********************************************************************** # Server flags section. # ********************************************************************** Section "ServerFlags" # Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence # (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key # events. # Option "DontVTSwitch" # Enables mode switching with xrandr # There is a report that this can cause Xorg not to work on some # video hardware, so default is commented-out... # but i want to use it in xorgwizard so leave on... Option "RandR" "on" EndSection #everything past here is auto-generated by Puppy's Xorg Wizard... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc102" Option "XkbLayout" "us" #xkeymap0 EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" #mouse0protocol Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" #Option "Emulate3Buttons" #Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #scrollwheel EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 30-80 VertRefresh 56-85 #UseModes "Modes0" #monitor0usemodes EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes0" #modes0modeline0 EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "ColorKey" # <i> #Option "CacheLines" # <i> #Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>] #Option "DRI" # [<bool>] #Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>] #Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>] #Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i> #Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "i810" #card0driver VendorName "Intel Corporation" BoardName "82865G Integrated Graphics Controller" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubsection EndSection #PuppyHardwareProfile=Intel_r_865G_Graphics_ChipLGI0501