Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 499

Type
Device
Screen
ServerLayout
Monitor, Device, and Screen are explained in more detail below. Further infor-
mation about the other sections can be found in the manual pages of X.Org and xorg
.conf.
There can be several different Monitor and Device sections in xorg.conf. Even
multiple Screen sections are possible. The following ServerLayout section deter-
mines which one is used.
27.2.1 Screen Section
The screen section combines a monitor with a device section and determines the reso-
lution and color depth to use. A screen section might resemble
Section of the File /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Meaning
you want to connect a fixed frequency monitor. Find details of
the meaning of individual number values in the HOWTO files
in /usr/share/doc/howto/en/html/
XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO.
This section defines a specific graphics card. It is referenced by
its descriptive name.
This section puts together a Monitor and a Device to form
all the necessary settings for X.Org. In the Display subsection,
specify the size of the virtual screen (Virtual), the
ViewPort, and the Modes used with this screen.
This section defines the layout of a single or multihead configu-
ration. This section binds the input devices InputDevice and
the display devices Screen.
(page 500).
Example 27.1, "Screen
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