As root: X -configure
This will attempt to detect your X hardware - mouse, keyboard, video, monitor - and create a new temporary file called xorg.conf.new. You'll then be able to edit and use this file to test X. You'll need to modify xorg.conf.new to take advantage of your particular hardware so edit this file a bit to your liking before you copy it to /etc/X11/ as xorg.conf. If you're completely lost or don't really understand what I'm talking about, check out this Gentoo documentation on setting up X: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml Here's my xorg.conf as an example (only use for reference since my settings could possibly fry your hardware). Note, that I was able to get all this info using the X -configure command, with some additional nVidia tweaks and settings I found from Gentoo/Google: # more /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/XP/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "glx" Load "type1" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMApping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" # HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker. # VertRefresh 50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default. # Default modes distilled from # "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor # Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998. # $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $ # 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz ModeLine "640x350" 31.5 640 672 736 832 350 382 385 445 +hsync -vsync # 640x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz ModeLine "640x400" 31.5 640 672 736 832 400 401 404 445 -hsync +vsync # 640x480 @ 60Hz (Industry standard) hsync: 31.5kHz ModeLine "640x480" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync # 640x480 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync # 640x480 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.5kHz ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync # 640x480 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 43.3kHz ModeLine "640x480" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync # 800x600 @ 56Hz (VESA) hsync: 35.2kHz ModeLine "800x600" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync # 800x600 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz ModeLine "800x600" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync # 800x600 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.1kHz ModeLine "800x600" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync # 800x600 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 46.9kHz ModeLine "800x600" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync # 800x600 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 53.7kHz ModeLine "800x600" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync # 1024x768i @ 43Hz (industry standard) hsync: 35.5kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync +vsync Interlace # 1024x768 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.4kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync # 1024x768 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 56.5kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync # 1024x768 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync # 1024x768 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 68.7kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync # 1152x864 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 67.5kHz # Extended modelines with GTF timings # 640x480 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 50.90 kHz; pclk: 43.16 MHz ModeLine "640x480" 43.16 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -HSync +Vsync # 800x600 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 68.18 MHz ModeLine "800x600" 68.18 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 -HSync +Vsync # 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz ModeLine "1024x768" 113.31 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -HSync +Vsync Gamma 1.75 EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "DigitalVibrance" # <i> #Option "NoFlip" # [<bool>] #Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>] Option "NoLogo" "True" # [<bool>] #Option "UBB" # [<bool>] #Option "Stereo" # <i> #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] Option "HWcursor" "True" # [<bool>] #Option "VideoKey" # <i> #Option "NvAGP" # <i> #Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>] #Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>] #Option "ConnectedMonitor" # <str> #Option "ConnectedMonitors" # <str> #Option "TVStandard" # <str> #Option "TVOutFormat" # <str> #Option "RenderAccel" "True" # [<bool>] Option "CursorShadow" "True" # [<bool>] #Option "CursorShadowAlpha" # <i> #Option "CursorShadowXOffset" # <i> #Option "CursorShadowYOffset" # <i> #Option "UseEdidFreqs" # [<bool>] #Option "FlatPanelProperties" # <str> #Option "TwinView" # [<bool>] #Option "TwinViewOrientation" # <str> #Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" # <str> #Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" # <str> #Option "MetaModes" # <str> #Option "UseInt10Module" # [<bool>] #Option "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" # [<bool>] #Option "NoRenderExtension" # [<bool>] #Option "Overlay" # [<bool>] #Option "CIOverlay" # [<bool>] #Option "ForceEmulatedOverlay" # [<bool>] #Option "TransparentIndex" # <i> #Option "OverlayDefaultVisual" # [<bool>] #Option "NvEmulate" # <i> #Option "NoBandWidthTest" # [<bool>] #Option "CustomEDID-CRT-0" # <str> #Option "CustomEDID-CRT-1" # <str> #Option "CustomEDID-DFP-0" # <str> #Option "CustomEDID-DFP-1" # <str> #Option "CustomEDID-TV-0" # <str> #Option "CustomEDID-TV-1" # <str> #Option "TVOverScan" # <f> #Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" # <str> #Option "MultisampleCompatibility" # [<bool>] #Option "RegistryDwords" # <str> #Option "RegistryBinary" # <str> #Option "NoPowerConnectorCheck" # [<bool>] #Option "AllowDFPStereo" # [<bool>] #Option "XvMCUsesTextures" # [<bool>] #Option "HorizSync" # <str> #Option "VertRefresh" # <str> #Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "Unknown Board" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection Michael Sullivan wrote: > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] > 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1b13 > Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 10 > BIST result: 00 > Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > Memory at e1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] > I/O ports at d000 [size=128] > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [50] AGP version 3.0 > > > But how can I tell what driver I need from this output? > -- Luke Skywalker: Your overconfidence is your weakness. 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