Description of problem: I just installed current rawhide which I believe is the same as FC2 test3. In firstboot, I changed my display properties from "thousands" to "millions" of colors. It appears as if that created (or possibly modified) the file /etc/X11/XF86Config since I now have two files /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/xorg.conf and the XF86Config has the 'millions' of colors setting. --- /etc/X11/XF86Config 2004-04-26 09:23:09.000000000 -0600 +++ /etc/X11/xorg.conf 2004-04-26 02:00:59.000000000 -0600 @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - # XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config Section "ServerLayout" @@ -9,13 +8,14 @@ EndSection Section "Files" - # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. + # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. + RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection @@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ EndSection Section "InputDevice" - # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" + # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" + # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: @@ -73,14 +74,12 @@ EndSection Section "Monitor" - - ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC: Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "LCD Panel 1400x1050" ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC: -# HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0 -# VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0 + HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0 + VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0 Option "dpms" EndSection @@ -95,17 +94,12 @@ Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" - DefaultDepth 24 + DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection - SubSection "Display" - Viewport 0 0 - Depth 24 - Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" - EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI"
This appears to be a duplicate of 121725. The X setup run from firstboot creates /etc/X11/XF86Config but X starts with the default values in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Copying /etc/X11//XF86Config over /etc/X11/xorg.conf gives the behavior specified by the user during firstboot setup. The firstboot X setup should write to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and there is no apparent reason to have etc/X11/XF86Config.
Agreed (it was tired when I was filing these bugs). But this bug is against the offending component.
*** Bug 121725 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Should be fixed in system-config-display-1.0.14-1 in Rawhide.
*** Bug 121863 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***