Comment 6 for bug 152678

And lastly, from /var/log -- the tracks of what it thought it was doing. This is from the last bootup.

What I must do in order to work, is to run the following script:

#!/bin/bash
#fix xorg.conf resolution --
#
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf.*
sudo cp /etc/X11/useable.xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "<ctl><alt><Backspace> to restart X"

#check to see that we've got a useable one

grep Virtual /etc/X11/xorg.conf

After restarting the x server and logging in, I can use the screen configuration tool to get a useable virtual screen. If I could figure a way to keep its grubby paws of my xorg.conf i'd be fine. I'd be happy to drive a stake through the damn thing's heart. (I'd be ecstatic if there were a way to configure it to not run unless asked for!)