If you have used linux for about a year or so, you should have surely edited the xorg.conf file. Actually, that’s a headache. If you are a linux beginner, and if your x server didn’t start, there is high probably that you’ll switch back to windows. Configuring your other video outputs such as s-video output requires you to edit the xorg file manually and restart the xserver.

But now those have become very easy tasks, thanks to two tools, DisplayConfigGTK and BulletProofX.

DisplayConfigGTK is the control panel. You can select the various settings from that such as output screens, resolution, etc.

What happens when the X server failed is it dumps the log file into the screen and go to the shell. But not anymore. BulletProofX uses the minimal settings and displays the DisplayConfigureGTK applet. So, the users can easily select the correct settings and then restart the xserver.

Check this site for screenshots of bullet proof X : http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/BulletProofX/

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