No devices to configure. Configuration failed.

[Felix Miata]

Marc Haber composed on 2015-09-29 09:10 (UTC+0200):

> I would like my X to generate a configuration file to write some
> additional options in the correct stanzas. I am not planning to
> actually use the full xorg.conf.

> Anyway, X -configure doesn't work on my system and results in "No
> devices to configure.  Configuration failed."
...
> What am I doing wrong?

X -configure is a virtually useless anachronism. Build an xorg.conf that only
has in it whatever sections need to be there to provide the options you need,
and let automagic do the rest. Some minimalist examples from
http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/Linux/ include:
http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/Linux/xorg.conf-minimal-force-DPI
http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/Linux/xorg.conf-minimal-EDID-workaround
http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/Linux/xorg.conf-vskel
http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/Linux/extensions.conf
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