[Hampshire] How to force X to init only on Screen 1
I've been putting together an eeeBox system for a friend. He has a nice 23in screen which will make a great system especially as I can mount the little box on the back of the monitor. The only issue I have is starting X. The hardware under the skin is straight out of a laptop and lspci detects TWO displays. Naturally, when X starts, it defaults to screen 0 which would be the laptop screen except that there is no screen. Thus, I can't see X at all. Now with old versions of X, you could edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf but the newest versions of X don't use this any more. You could also boot another distro (eg Knoppix) and copy its working xorg.conf to your system. We can't do that anymore. Does anyone have any ideas how I can proceed here. I'm a bit stuck and my friend want his new system. I'm using Fedora 10 but I have found instances of Fedora 9 working perfectly on one of these nice little beasts. Stephen D -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] How to force X to init only on Screen 1
Stephen Davies wrote: > I've been putting together an eeeBox system for a friend. He has a nice > 23in screen which will make a great system especially as I can mount the > little box on the back of the monitor. > > The only issue I have is starting X. > The hardware under the skin is straight out of a laptop and lspci > detects TWO displays. > Naturally, when X starts, it defaults to screen 0 which would be the > laptop screen except that there is no > screen. Thus, I can't see X at all. > > Now with old versions of X, you could edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf but > the newest versions of X don't use this any more. > You could also boot another distro (eg Knoppix) and copy its working > xorg.conf to your system. We can't do that anymore. > > Does anyone have any ideas how I can proceed here. > I'm a bit stuck and my friend want his new system. > > I'm using Fedora 10 but I have found instances of Fedora 9 working > perfectly on one of these nice little beasts. > > Stephen D > > There is nothing to stop you using the Fedora 9 /etc/xorg.conf in F10. I use it when I want to use nvidia instead of nv driver. I just remove the /etc/xorg.conf (with nivida) and it automagically runs nv. John. -- -- Discover Linux - Open Source Solutions to Business and Schools http://discoverlinux.co.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] How to force X to init only on Screen 1
> Now with old versions of X, you could edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf but > the newest versions of X don't use this any more. > You could also boot another distro (eg Knoppix) and copy its working > xorg.conf to your system. We can't do that anymore. Create an xorg.conf and your X will use it. The fact that the system now has enough smart defaults that it doesn't need an xorg.conf doesn't mean it won't use one if it's there. "man xorg.conf" should give to a list of likely directories and names for the file. It does move about a little. Also use it to check that there isn't an overriding file further up the search path. Finally a look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or your system equivalent should tell you which config file X is using. -- Bob Dunlop -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] How to force X to init only on Screen 1
Stephen Davies wrote: > Now with old versions of X, you could edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf but > the newest versions of X don't use this any more. I'm a bit slow in replying so I suspect that you've sorted it by now but I wanted to add to what's already been said that you can use: system-config-display --noui --reconfig To get Fedora to create you a default xorg.conf for you to tinker with. Jon. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] How to force X to init only on Screen 1
2009/1/22 Stephen Davies : > Now with old versions of X, you could edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf but > the newest versions of X don't use this any more. Not true. They use it if it's there. If you don't have one it should autodetect and use sane defaults. You can still specify the BusID of the device and the driver name in the "device" section, and have a "screen" section where you specify the resolutions. Cheers, Al. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] How to force X to init only on Screen 1
2009/1/22 Stephen Davies : > The only issue I have is starting X. > The hardware under the skin is straight out of a laptop and lspci > detects TWO displays. > Naturally, when X starts, it defaults to screen 0 which would be the > laptop screen except that there is no > screen. Thus, I can't see X at all. > Looks like you might be suffering from this bug:- https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/233787 The following link has a suggestion. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/233787/comments/34 Looks like it's been fixed in an update. If it were mine and I was installing Ubuntu (which I appreciate you might not be doing) is do a netinst. Using the netinst ISO to get a text based install screen I would do the full install and this would include all updates that have been released since the original CD was pressed. You can find the netinst ISO guide here:- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD (just found the site a bit slow at the moment, so here's the direct link to the iso) 8.10 32-bit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso 8.04 32-bit http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso Cheers, Al. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
