[RESOLVED] xorg.conf overwrite at each boot + driver for TTY

[Husse]

xorg.conf is not overwritten at boot
You don't tell us which version of Mint but in the later editions you have an option to "fix X" when you boot in Recovery mode
(I can't remember what it's called exactly but you'll recognise it)
Furthermore you don't tell us if you have Mint installed on the USB stick or if it's the live CD on a stick - I begin to wonder

[Husse]

I only have "full boot", "compatiblity mode", "memtest" and "boot from harddisk" (or something like that).

Aand that tells me that you are running a live CD session from your stick
That's why xorg.conf is overwritten (well it's not, but...)

[Husse]

is it possible than the livecd use the same driver for X.org and console ?

A TTY does not use any other driver than the most basic one - not even vesa
If you get too large or small text there this can be fixed adding to the kernel line in menu.lst I think
Like this

Screen 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200
Colors --------------------------- -------------------------------------------
256 | 769 771 773 775 796
32,768 | 784 787 790 793 797
65,536 | 785 788 791 794 798
16.8M | 786 789 792 795 799

So if you want to have 32.768 colors and 1024x768 resolution you add
vga=793
like this

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gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sda9 ro vga=793 quiet splash
This affects non X resolution