Hi Tyler,<br><br>Thanks for your input on this.<br><br>If your guess, that "Maybe the path to /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't exist", is true, then we would have to explain why aticonfig was able to save a backup of it. after all, it reported that it was "<b>Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf"</b><br>
And that it <b>"Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-1"</b><br>Wouldn't you agree?<br><br>It's the last message that gets me! <b>"aticonfig: Writing to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' failed. Bad file descriptor."<br>
</b>What could "<b>Bad file descriptor</b>" mean? And, if it is bad, how can it be fixed?<br><br>...John<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Tyler Aviss <<a href="mailto:tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Maybe the path to /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesnt't exist? What about an<br>
alternate path such as /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf (source install?)<br>
or something like that?<br>
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:18 PM, John Fruhwirth <<a href="mailto:johnfruh-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">johnfruh-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Colin,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for offering your help in solving my problem with getting my VGA out<br>
> to work.<br>
><br>
> Here is what I have for the relavent sections in xorg.conf...<br>
><br>
> ------------------------------<br>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> Section "Device"<br>
> Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1"<br>
> Driver "ati"<br>
> BusID "PCI:1:5:0"<br>
> EndSection<br>
><br>
> Section "Monitor"<br>
> Identifier "Generic Monitor"<br>
> Option "DPMS"<br>
> EndSection<br>
><br>
> Section "Screen"<br>
> Identifier "Default Screen"<br>
> Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1"<br>
> Monitor "Generic Monitor"<br>
> DefaultDepth 24<br>
> SubSection "Display"<br>
> Modes "1280x800"<br>
> EndSubSection<br>
> EndSection<br>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
><br>
> Now, one of the things I learned is that I may have to replace the "ATI"<br>
> driver with a thing called fglrx and that aticonfig does this for me.<br>
> I also seem to have flglrx-control installed (a Control panel for the ATI<br>
> graphics accelerators) but I don't know how to access it.<br>
> It does not seem to have a GUI and if it does, I can't find it in either<br>
> System-> Admin or Applications.<br>
><br>
> Yes, I do know that there is a GUI in System>Admin Called Screens & Graphics<br>
> but I don't know if this is the ATI control panel. I don't think it is<br>
> because there is no reference to ATI anywhere in it.<br>
><br>
> I also tried your suggestion of using aticonfig and got this back...<br>
><br>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> johnfruh@eMachine:~$ aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf<br>
> Uninitialised file found, configuring.<br>
> Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf<br>
> Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-1<br>
> aticonfig: Writing to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' failed. Bad file descriptor.<br>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
><br>
> Huh? What does Bad file descriptor mean with respect to xorg.conf? How can<br>
> xorg.conf have a Bad file descriptor?<br>
> So, again, I'm stumped. What do I do now?<br>
><br>
> ...John<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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