Re: [tlug] Ubtuntu 8.04 -> 8.10 Upgrade Pain

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 05:59:43AM +0900, Ian Barwick wrote:
> 


> I'm not sure if it's an Ubuntu thing or an Xorg thing, but I was
> somewhat bemused to find an effectively empty xorg.conf file. It seems
> settings are dynamically detected, which comes as a bit of a culture
> shock; fine if it works but the built-in Intel graphics chipset (I'm
> using an older unmodified Dell box here) wasn't being recognized and
> it was defaulting to the VESA driver, and there doesn't seem to be any
> way using the Ubuntu utilities to explicitly set particular Xorg
> options. Copying the relevant section from the old installation fixed
> the problem though (but despite turning off the Compiz whizbang stuff
> it still feels a bit sluggish, but maybe that's just the builtin
> graphics?).


Yes, it's an xorg thing.  They feel they've improved so much that you
don't need an xorg.conf.  

As with many theoretical improvements in Linux (Fedora and
Ubuntu--working together to keep Windows number one)--it turns out to be
a regression for a large minority.


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