[SOLVED] Problem setting up Xorg (following the beginner's guide)

Question

Ok, so I've moved onto "Step 3: Configure X"...
I have a concern though...  Didn't nVidia already make a "xorg.conf" file in the previous step when i installed nvidia drivers?  If I follow the instructions in the new steps (Step 3), I creat a new file at /root/xorg.conf.new using the "Xorg -configure" command.  This new file has some similar entries to /etc/x!!/xorg.conf as well as many more new ones.
What shall I do with these two files? add everything from xorg.conf.new to the xorg.conf created by nvidia-xconfig? Carefully place certain entries from one into the other? I've backed up the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in case i do something horrible
I'm not a master of linux (i have just started my first class) but I believe I see some entries that might be conflicting if I combine the files:
For example, both files have Section "InputDevice" and in either of these sections there is Identifier "Mouse0"
However, one has option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
while the other has option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
So the two settings are obviously not identical.
The next thing the Begginer's Guide says to do is copy the new file to the old file:
cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Is this a problem? Will I loose all my nvidia settings if I do this? Can i just put both files together using the "cat" command? Or do I have to manually pick and select the correct values to have in the final /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?
Won't this over write the configurations that the nvidia drivers wrote to /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?
Shall I use the cat command to combine the files?
Side note: The computer freezes on a black screen when testing out the xorg.conf.new file with the following command:
X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
it also freezes on a black scren when testing out the real xorg.conf file with the following command:
X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Perhaps these tests are premature at this stage until my settings are finalized?
Can someone tell me what to do with these two files, as the Beginner Guide doesn't (and it's a beginner guide!)?
In the meantime, I will now attempt to combine the two files (no worries though, I've backed up my files).
Last edited by trusktr (2010-02-19 07:24:26)

Answer 1

X doesn't need much information in the config file. Here's my one if you want to try it out (I also have an nvidia card):
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Default Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Default Device"
Monitor "Default Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection