On 6/5/05, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 11:53:19AM +0200, Hannes Mayer wrote: > >> Hi all! > >> > >> An "apt-get upgrade" last night broke my mousewheel. Furthermore the > >> mouse speed has decreased. (several (all?) XFree86 packages were > >> updated) > >> > >> The problem is that "apt-get" seems to overwrite/change the X-config > >> file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > >> So if you "apt-get upgrade" now, make sure you have a backup of that > >> config file. > > Based on a hunch, I am curious what is your debconf question prior setting? > (To check it do "dpkg-reconfigure debconf".)
I think I never changed these, so they should still be at the default settings: What interface should be used for configuring packages? Dialog See only questions that are of what priority and higher? medium > Is this always true? I wonder what is supposed to happen here if the > default debconf question priority setting is "critical?" But even if > the debconf setting matters, that doesn't mean it's not a bug. I think > this type of configuration change should probably be considered at least > "critical." Agreed. Changing the X-config is absolutely critical. Best regards, Hannes.
