[ale] dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[JK]

Brian Pitts wrote:
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
>> No,  we are working on doc at 1024x768 and a larger screen area would
>> benefit us.  In Xubuntu all we could choose was 1024x768.  We removed a
>> tube and replaced with LCD.  I downloaded the config from my system to
>> this one since they are almost identical.  I then looked up the LCD spec
>> and hand edited the xorg.conf.  Nothing new for me.  I did this back in
>> 1995.  It was the only way then.  Question is why did they remove the
>> CLI version and is there a replacement?
> 
> There's a trend in Xorg development towards autodetection instead of 
> configuration.

That sounds like a good trend.  I suspect few things drive
people away from FOSS OS's faster than rebooting after an
install and staring at a 640x480 desktop.

-- JK

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