Unable to generate a complete xorg.conf


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Once the system was installed, the xorg.conf was blank. And I tried to run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg", but all I got is content as below

   Section "Device"
	   Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
   EndSection

   Section "Monitor"
	   Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
   EndSection

   Section "Screen"
	   Identifier	"Default Screen"
	   Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	   Device		"Configured Video Device"
   EndSection

This is a fairly old Thinkpad with Intel 915 graphics, now with the new version of Ubuntu I noticed the toolbar icons in nautilus show up a bit later after I restore the window and some sites in firefox make scrolling very laggy, I guess it has something to do with the video driver, videos play smoothly as before though, is there anything I can do to fill up the xorg.conf?

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Go to /ect/X11/xorg.conf

There you can double check to see if you have the complete file.

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS]"
	Driver		"vesa"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"VE175-2"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	30-82
	VertRefresh	50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS]"
	Monitor		"VE175-2"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

I am running 64 bit Debian, but you can see the sections here. Adding to your xorg.conf file is doable, but you'll need to make sure that all of the settings are correct or you may render your computer unbootable (or your X will crash).

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Thank you for posting your xorg.conf for me. Another thing I want to know is that if it's not specified in the file, which driver would X use?

What graphics card do you have in your Thinkpad?

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