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Extract X11 configuration information from running instance

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Mar 15, 20267515 views
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Since I had a hard disk die on me, I figured I could easily try some other OS (I usually run Ubuntu). Turns out that Ubuntu flawlessly recognizes my video card and monitor (X11 works right out of the box), and none of the other systems I tried gets anything working (I tried CentOS and FreeBSD). In …

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Fix for: Extract X11 configuration information from running instance

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(run as root from a text console) produces a configuration file that should be equivalent to what Xorg autodetects. But that may not be enough, because it's likely that the reason your video card works in Ubuntu is that it has more recent drivers, o…

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