[SOLVED] xorg.conf resets at Boot

[Baeaan]

I have some extra lines in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to make my mouse preform correctly as well as a lot of other lines that were put in when I did aticonfig --inital.

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Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
   Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
   Option       "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
   Option       "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
   Option       "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Default Card 0"
   BusID       "PCI:0@0:1:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Default Card 1"
   BusID       "PCI:1@0:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Default Card 2"
   BusID       "PCI:2@0:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
   Driver      "fglrx"
   BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
   Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
   Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
   DefaultDepth     24
   SubSection "Display"
      Viewport   0 0
      Depth     24
   EndSubSection
EndSection


But every time I reboot the computer something changes my xorg.conf to the following:

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Section "Device"
    Identifier "Default Card 0"
    BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Default Card 1"
    BusID "PCI:2@0:0:0"
EndSection


and it creates an xorg.conf.X where X is the date of the reboot.

What do I need to do to stop it from re-wrting my xorg.conf whenever i boot?

[DrHu]

Chagne permissions on the file (ro - Read-Only ), and remember when initially editing that file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use sudo (root-like /admin user--the first user created by Mint's installation)

ATI setup info..
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI
https://duckduckgo.com/l/?kh=-1&uddg=ht ... taller.pdf
--ATI catalyst manual/user guide..

[Baeaan]

Setting the file to read only (444) does not work. It looks like at some point xorg.conf is moved to xorg.conf.date. The file with the date still has the read only premonitions I set on the file and xorg.conf is now has 644, root can read and write, everyone else can only read.

[JeremyB]

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sudo chattr +i /etc/X11/xorg.conf

should stop changes but could cause issues too as I haven't used chattr on that file

[Baeaan]

Thank you JeremyB. That seems to have done the trick. And I have not found any issues with using that command on xorg.conf.