Ubuntu's BulletProofX Takes Simpler Step Forward

For those interested in just making their system work, the reconfiguration options include using a default/generic configuration, creating a new configuration for this hardware, and using a backed-up configuration. Using a generic configuration will just write the stock xorg.conf file to the system. Creating a new configuration will attempt to generate a hardware-specific configuration file, but in our attempts of using this option it had ultimately led to a blank screen. Likewise, when choosing to use a backed-up configuration we were returned to the same reconfiguration menu.

These new options for the FaileSafeXServer / BulletProofX are great to see. Every time we've experienced a graphics error on Ubuntu for the past year we've been frustrated with seeing displayconfig-gtk and no sign of the error that had occurred (well, until we manually disabled it after each installation). Allowing the user to edit the xorg.conf manually within gedit and viewing the logs is convenient and has worked out well during our testing.

In the x11-common change-log for Ubuntu 8.10, Bryce Harrington just describes this change as "Replace use of displayconfig-gtk with a simple troubleshooting/reconfiguration menu." While it may be simple, we at least love this approach a whole lot more than the earlier BulletProofX incarnation. Share your thoughts on Ubuntu's BulletProofX in the Phoronix Forums.