8.04: no modes or monitors in xorg.conf

Wed Apr 30 05:48:12 UTC 2008

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 04:47 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> Looking in my xorg.conf, I have no modeline at all. There are no
> monitor identifier sections at all. :¬(

X is moving away from conf files, and X 4.3 prefers to work with a
minimal one.

> I've not seen this before. Given that there is no line to add to, can
> one write a whole monitor definition? Is there a guide anywhere on how
> to do this?

Can you set the desired resolution in menu System > PReferences > Screen
Resolution?