Ubuntu – How to reset the Xorg / xserver

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Xserver keeps crashing on my general user account both in Unity 3D and 2D.
It doesn't do it on the guest account.

That's why I want to reset / rollback everything xserver related, hoping this is going to fix it.

Most answers on this involve sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. However, this does nothing for me (generates no output) and I read in other forums, that it's deprecated.

So, what's the current way to reset all xserver / xorg options; what's the alternative to sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg? X crashes during work, not before login or so. And the effect of a crash is, that I get thrown out of the session, not a freeze or machine crash.

Best Answer

If your guest account is not affected this could be a user-specific setting that is causing the problem. Try deleting ~/.config/monitors.xml