xorg.conf

Linux has finally captured 1% of the desktops worldwide. But, many people are still AFRAID to use it on their systems! And the primary reason they give is something as lame as “It does not support my display resolution”, or “It does not detect my graphics card”!!! Oh, cmon. Linux supports everything. Linux can be installed into anything, from a PC to a cellphone to a refrigerator to a washing machine…you name it.

Today, ill’ tell you the basic configuration of a file which manages all the directly interacting hardware drivers on your system. The file is “xorg.conf” and you can find it in the path “/etc/X11/xorg.conf”.

This first part of the series will deal with understanding the xorg.conf file.

• The xorg.conf file is divided into parts identifying each module type attached to your system.
• Each of this part is defined under the “Section” tag starting with “Section” and ending in “End Section”.
• Each section has an “Identifier” which gives a device it an unique identification in the configuration file.
• Each section has a “Driver” which gives the name of the driver, to define the Identifier with.
• The sections can be placed in any order.

So, now that you know a thing or two about the configuration file, it’s time to move to the real part. Create your own xorg.conf. [ Read Part 2 ]

Not only this, you can also tweak default settings to get the most out of your hardware. These performance tweaks in xorg.conf can be found in the third part of Create your own xorg.conf. [ Read Part 3 ]