On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Mike Chambers <mike@miketc.net> wrote:
On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 08:20 -0500, Kirk Lowery wrote:

> Well, I tried this conf and it worked -- exactly as without an
> xorg.conf: everything about dual head works except for the background
> stretch.
>
> I guess I'm going to have to get in touch with the LiveCD developers,
> and find out who does the nouveau stuff for it; either that or the
> nouveau IRC.

xorg.conf file isn't used because the system is setup so that everything
(if possible)is detected automatically and setup/used depending on what
it finds (via some type of id that is used on various cards/monitors).
There are the exceptions I guess with dual monitors and certain setups
that normal users probably wouldn't encounter, as well as maybe certain
laptop setups.  I would say those type things might have to have an
xorg.conf file to get into more detail to get those type situations
working as they are suppose to.


So...if a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf exists, does nouveau use it? If not, how does one force its use?

Kirk