xorg.conf, vital items

[winkoe]

After fighting with screen resolution for two weeks, I wonder which items in xorg.conf are decoration and which ones are being processed. "Identifier" vs "DefaultDepth" ?

I know there is a link covering that question, but I'm unable to recover same.

 

[SirDice]

There's nothing 'vital'. As a matter of fact, you shouldn't even create a xorg.conf nowadays.

Handbook: 5.4. Xorg Configuration

 

[winkoe]

Yes, I understand that. However as I'm stuck with a low screen resolution and error reports in xrandr, I was trying to improve my situation. And although my initial question may be naive, I still presume that entries like "Vendor" are of no significance.

After having rummaged through umpteen posts and tried countless variations of xorg.conf and xrandr things are the same as a fortnight ago. Still I endeavor to get along without swamping the forum with dmesg and other endless reports.

 

[winkoe]

And there is success!

1) followed https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/52311/#post-336071
2) installed correct driver for GeForce 9400 -> nvidia-driver-340
3) made 10-nvidia.conf and 10-screen-resolution.conf in xorg.conf.d/

I appreciate your lenience with a beginner