I ran into a similar problem when using a diskless laptop - the display was not working in graphical mode...and I had not system-config-display (using CentOS 6.3)... Anyway, you can definitely do "X --config" to configure the xorg.conf file. On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Toralf Lund wrote: >>> Ned Slider wrote: >>>> On 22/01/13 14:32, Toralf Lund wrote: >>>>> How exactly are you supposed to configure the display (i.e. set up >>>>> X11) on a CentOS 6 system? I mean, in the past, there was >>>>> system-config-display, but that's not supported any more. There is >>>>> gnome-display-properties/System->Preferences->Display, but that seems >>>>> to rely completely on auto-detection of the graphics card and monitors. >>>>> What if this fails? Surely there should be a way to specify everything >>>>> by hand? >>>>> >>>> Yes, Xorg will still use /etc/X11/xorg.conf if present so you can craft >>>> a config file by hand. >>>> >>> *sigh* >>> still miss Xfree86 and the xconfigurator, that was *NOT* >>> desktop-dependant, and let you configure graphically and tune it. >> Exactly. The tool mentioned above was actually post XFree86, though... > > Right. I hate having to edit xorg.conf by hand - it's a real pain, init 3, > edit, startx, wait for it to crap out, or <ctrl><alt><bkspc>.... >> >> Anyhow, I guess I suspected that the program was removed completely with >> no real replacement. Bad decision, if you ask me, but I suppose Red Hat is >> to blame, and not the CentOS people. It's nice to know that you can still > > Oh, of course it was RH's. I think they've gone to "but it'll work out of > the box, like WinDoze!!!" (not that they're alone in that). > <snip> >> It seems like the system-config-display still can be built and used on >> the latest versions, though. I actually found a binary version via a >> little search. It actually turned out that I didn't need it to get my >> display up and running, as the problem was actually a missing driver >> package, but I still think it's nice to have. > > Really! Do you have a link to src? > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware http://flossware.sourceforge.net https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare