On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Ray Van Dolson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 06:00:15PM +1000, William Scott wrote:
>> On 11 August 2011 12:55, Ray Van Dolson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Try adding
>> >
>> >  Option "DontZap" "false"
>> >
>> > To the ServerFlags section in xorg.conf.
>>
>> Is there even a xorg.conf out of the box now?
>>
>
> No, but it can still be created.  This process may work, though I
> haven't tested it:
>
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_xorg.conf

It's deprecated, and should be. Like manually editing your web
configuraiton in a single httpd.conf file, it precludes modular
updates of individual components and nails your configuration to a
static, awkward to edit, potentially very fragile configuration file.

I went through precisely this with a Debian client in the recent past
who has not, so far as I could tell, bought into my setting up an
/etc/X11/ xinit.d/ tool for them that flexibly and legibly configured
dual monitors in a way that could be published to multiple servers
without interfering with their other X settings. But that's life....