A fix has not been released. A user with only shell access cannot reconfigure the driver and resolutions without manually re-writing xorg.conf.
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg I understand the point of X trying to configure the video driver automatically, but in case that it is done erroneously, the option to run dpkg-reconfigure (to interactively set the video driver) has been taken away. X being able to auto configure is a good goal, but they should leave the old tools until it has been thoroughly tested. Here we are that I need to know which video driver is in use. Before I could just open xorg.conf (not the best indication of the driver in use, but nevertheless easy) to find the video driver name. In hardy all you see is "Configured Device" When I run dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg to get the user- interactive method to configure X, it skips over all the video questions. So if X makes the wrong choice in driver/configuration, the user has to change the xorg.conf file manually which is not good (prone to errors). What I would like to know is if any of you have a command that will tell you what video driver(s) is in use. I have tried looking in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but it only gives a hint of what the driver is, well it's not very efficient (or scale-able), although it may be more reliable than looking at an old xorg.conf file. The issue: There is no user interactive menu method to configure xorg.conf AFAIK There is no way to poll the computer for the name of the video driver in use? The xorg.conf file is configured at startup, there is no config file and xorg.conf only shows "Configured Video Device" - to read more on this issue please look at the following thread: + to read more on this issue please look at the following threads: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=735118 + http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4593208 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207409 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
