Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread: 7.2.0 stored video config across boots earlier, now doesn't

  1. #1
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Mysore, India
    Posts
    272

    Smile 7.2.0 stored video config across boots earlier, now doesn't

    My Desktop Knoppix has to configure the system for Samsung SyncMaster 1360X768. Used Nvidia for x86 version 304.125 to set my monitor way back. It remained set that way.

    Recently, I thought that I should use my AMD's 64-bit operation rather than the Intel's 32bit. I downloaded the corresponding driver for x86-64. But doesn't get installed. Perhaps because Knoppix only addresses x86-64bit for intel processors. I had forgotten that it doesn't address the AMD processors.

    But because of this fiddling with my system, another problem crept up. To use the monitor I have to reinstall the driver upon every boot. Knoppix overwrites the drivers as well, not only the xorg.conf, upon subsequent boots and falls back on partial screen default even with vga=792 cheatcode.

    There is a line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf :
    # Created by KNOPPIX # Delete this line if you don't want KNOPPIX to overwrite your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    It is also written that:
    # Monitor section auto-generated by KNOPPIX mlxprgconfig
    I have deleted the lines from xorg.conf but knoppix still overwrites the nvidia setup files. I had followed some other steps during the first set up, but did not write it down. So I can't use them now. I also searched the knoppix forum, but similar threads don't come to my notice.

    I have kept a back-up of my xorg.conf file as xorg.conf.rajiabando . When the full screen didn't activate during the subsequent boots, I have at init 3, used pico and copied the back-up as xorg.conf, but this simple task doesn't help. Knoppix is also overwriting some of the nvidia files.

    Why didn't it do so earlier, because of which I continued to have my full screen displays across all the subsequent boots?
    Why it isn't returning the full screens now?

    These are the questions upon which I am tearing my hair. [Don't worry, I can't, because I regularly have my hair cropped with my shaver ]

    Generally, I have notes of all my systems settings with me. This omission appears to be one of those idiotic decisions I have taken without thinking properly.

    Could I please be helped?
    Last edited by rajibando; 03-09-2018 at 07:19 AM. Reason: clarity, typo

  2. #2
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Mysore, India
    Posts
    272

    Some addition

    I failed to write that I have searched using:
    Code:
    sudo whereis mlxprgconfig
    Output:
    Code:
     mlxprgconfig:
    i.e., no existence.

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Vintage Compaq PS2 Beige M-S34 337416-001 Computer Mouse picture

Vintage Compaq PS2 Beige M-S34 337416-001 Computer Mouse

$8.90



Apple M0116 Keyboard for ADB Macintosh - Vintage Works picture

Apple M0116 Keyboard for ADB Macintosh - Vintage Works

$68.00



Vintage ATX Server Computer Case picture

Vintage ATX Server Computer Case

$300.00



Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II ADB Beige Vintage for Macintosh  M2706 picture

Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II ADB Beige Vintage for Macintosh M2706

$15.00



Vintage Tandy MMS-10 Computer Stereo Amplifier Speaker System 25-1096 picture

Vintage Tandy MMS-10 Computer Stereo Amplifier Speaker System 25-1096

$49.99



Vintage Compaq 141649-004 2 Button PS/2 Gray Mouse M-S34 - FAST SHIPPING - NEW picture

Vintage Compaq 141649-004 2 Button PS/2 Gray Mouse M-S34 - FAST SHIPPING - NEW

$8.99



Vintage 486 Era AT Computer Tower Case with 3.5 Floppy + PSU - Rough picture

Vintage 486 Era AT Computer Tower Case with 3.5 Floppy + PSU - Rough

$74.99



Vintage Dot Matrix Printer Contin Feed Paper 8.5 x 11.  Lots of 5 to 250 sheets. picture

Vintage Dot Matrix Printer Contin Feed Paper 8.5 x 11. Lots of 5 to 250 sheets.

$4.00



Vintage Lot  of (17)cps Bmx And Other Boards - See pics picture

Vintage Lot of (17)cps Bmx And Other Boards - See pics

$270.00



Vintage Comfort Keyboard Systems Ergomagic Mechanical AT/PS2 Keyboard picture

Vintage Comfort Keyboard Systems Ergomagic Mechanical AT/PS2 Keyboard

$119.99