X11 without xorg.conf and changing screen resolution

[kikinovak]

Hi,

I'm mainly using CentOS (an RHEL clone) which basically works "classically", e. g. once I installed X.org, I do 'Xorg -configure', move the resulting xorg.conf to /etc/X11 and then edit it accordingly.

Curiously enough, Salix 13.1 (as Slackware 13.1) doesn't seem to need any xorg.conf file. Only thing I have is an xorg.conf-vesa. And when I rename that to xorg.conf, I get exactly what has to be expected, e. g. an 800x600 desktop, looking like I mistakingly put my desktop into the washing machine on a 90°C program.

I'd like to change the default 1280x1024 resolution of my desktop down to 1152x864. How would I go about that?

Cheers.

[gapan]

That xorg.conf-vesa file is just an example. Don't use it just like that. Edit it with according to your own setup and it will work. Or, you could still run Xorg -configure.

[kikinovak]

I did exactly that (Xorg -configure, edit by hand). Worked like a charm. Thanks. (Dunno why I haven't thought about it in the first place...)