Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 501

Table 26.1 Sections in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Type
Files
ServerFlags
Module
InputDevice
Monitor
Modes
Device
Screen
Meaning
The paths used for fonts and the RGB color table.
General switches.
A list of modules the server should load.
Input devices, like keyboard, mouse, and special input devices
(touchpads, joysticks, etc.), are configured in this section. Impor-
tant parameters in this section are Driver and the options
defining the Protocol and Device.
The monitor used. The individual elements of this section are
the name, which is referred to later in the Screen definition,
the Bandwidth, and the synchronization frequency limits
(HorizSync and VertRefresh). Settings are given in MHz,
kHz, and Hz. Normally, the server refuses any modeline that
does not correspond with the specification of the monitor. This
prevents too high frequencies from being sent to the monitor by
accident.
The modeline parameters for the specific screen resolutions.
These parameters can be calculated by SaX2 on the basis of the
values given by the user and normally do not need to be changed.
Intervene manually at this point if, for example, 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 (the package
howtoenh must be installed).
A specific graphics card. It is referenced by its descriptive name.
Combines a Monitor and a Device to form all the necessary
settings for X.Org. In the Display subsection, specify the size
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