Accidently deleted xorg.conf, no clue on how to configure a new one

After moving through Gnome, Cinnamon, XFCE and KDE I decided to try something new. Using compiz, tint2 and cairo-dock instead of a DE.
It worked, to a sense. Resolution was not correct and my two monitors were clones of each other and not individual screens which I obviously prefer. I can't remember configuring the xorg.conf earlier, so I assumed that it auto-generated and found the information itself, so I deleted it and hoped it'd generate by itself with the correct settings. Stupid move by me, as nothing works now. When my computer starts, I'm thrown into tty1 obviously. I can log in and execute commands from there, but the moment I execute the command startx, nothing works. The X server starts up fine and I can see things on the screen (same resolution as before) but I can't type anything, nor move my mouse. This ends up in me having to restart since I can't key combo into another tty to kill the X server either. I've checked the wiki regarding the xorg.conf and how to configure it, but I'm really at loss. My head is grinding just reading it, I don't really understand how to proceed.

Configuring and maintaining the X server is most likely my weakest link when it comes to linux, haha
cfr wrote:
raghap wrote:To be honest, I've no clue how all those video drivers got there, haha. I'm sure I only installed mesa, vesa and the open source ATI drivers! Anyway, reinstalling xorg-server fixed the issue with my keyboard and mouse. Not sure if this is the right place to ask considering the original issue have been solved, but how do I get my dual monitor setup to work correctly? I know that the wiki page says how, but it sort of confuses me. Am I supposed to write that down twice?
Are you supposed to write what down twice?
Please don't expect somebody to step you through this. The wiki tells you what you need. Of course, if something is confusing, please ask. Tell us what is confusing and why, but you need to start by trying to understand it and letting us know where you get lost. Apart from anything else, this may enable somebody to edit the wiki to make it less confusing for future readers. (That person might even be you.)
In any case, I have no idea what 'that' refers to.
Sorry for being unclear, I was referring to this part of the wiki page.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/At … _X_screens
Edit
Thanks a bunch for the help guys! Finally got the resolution straight and my monitors to behave correctly, thanks to what you wrote Skottish. Really need to get a better understanding of how Xorg works, haha.
Last edited by raghap (2013-10-26 20:16:23)

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