I don't typically use the Xorg -configure option (I use vi!), but doesn't it
create a temporary xorg.conf file in root's home directory so that you can
test it?  If it works then I would copy it from /root/xorg.conf (if it is
there) to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Hope it helps

On 6/22/06, Stewart Taylor <stewarta.taylor@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I've just put a twin monitor setup on my system, I have a problem that so
> far
> I've not been able to fix. Once I run Xorg -configure and edited
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf for the mouse and monitor resolutions both video card /
> monitor setups seem to work fine. I then setup the KDE desktops and again
> everything seems fine. However when I next boot up, the second desktop ,
> on the
> new video card / monitor, looses its settings and defaults to 400 x 300,
> with no
> available options above this. If I then logout of KDE, shutdown the X
> server and
> do the Xorg -configure bit again and then restart X everything is ok again
> until
> the next time. The first desktop is always ok with no problems.
>
> Setup.
>
> Gentoo 2006
> KDE 3.4.3
> Matrox Millennium G400 AGP (using Matrox kernel modules)
> Some unknown but pretty good monitor
>
> Diamond Viper 550 PCI (using whatever X gives as I found no modules that
> seemed
>   to be for this card)
> Tatung monitor.
>
> I know this isn't strictly Gentoo but the people on this list are clued up
> kiddies so I'm hoping someone knows the answer to this one.
>
> TIA
>
> Stewart
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