Even better, it can generate a
basic configuration file, if you specify the -configure option on the server command
line:
# X -configure
If you??™re already running the X server, you can specify an alternate display number
(such as :1) on the command line:
# X -configure :1
but it??™s probably best to attempt autoconfiguration when there is no server active.
The X server will gather as much information as possible by probing the hardware,
and will then write the configuration file to /root/xorg.conf.new.
You can test the configuration file by manually specifying it on the command line:
# X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
If the server appears to start and then immediately exits, while displaying
the message Fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices, then
your configuration may be fine except for the pointer device. Try telling
the X server to continue even if the pointer cannot be opened:
# X -config /root/xorg.conf.new -allowMouseOpenFail
You can temporarily use mouse keys (Section 2.12) to move the mouse
cursor. If the rest of the configuration is OK, you can correct the
mouse pointer configuration (Section 3.7).
To exit from the server, zap it using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (Section 2.
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