benjaminzsj Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted November 15, 2008 Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2008 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminzsj Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted November 15, 2008 Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2008 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 i810 probably, or xf86-video-intel, your card is between 2 generation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminzsj Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 It's an i915. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted November 16, 2008 Administrators Share Posted November 16, 2008 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766639 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2...light=xorg.conf And a Google search: i915+xorg.conf&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.debian:en-US:unofficial&client=iceweasel-a http://www.google.com/search?q=Thinkpad+wi...ent=iceweasel-a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminzsj Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Thanks a lot for the links, Barney, I know I should have done this myself. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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