Owen Heisler wrote: > On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 10:55 -0400, Scott Lair wrote: > > Owen Heisler wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 10:34 -0400, André Allavena wrote: > > > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg asks me a few questions, but doesn't > > > > write anything to /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > > > > > > > Where does the configuration gets writen? > > > > > > Same problem here. > > > > > > "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" asks questions and then doesn't modify > > > xorg.conf. Delete xorg.conf, and it doesn't create a new one. Use > > > md5sum so it thinks the file hasn't been modified, and still it doesn't > > > modify it. > > > > > > It seems that the dpkg-reconfigure command is useless for xorg... Now I > > > just modify xorg.conf manually. > > > > > > > Running Debian unstable (well, trying to install, really) > > > > > > I'm running Debian Etch on amd64. > > > > > yep, > > > > rm /etc/X11/X > > > > then rerun dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > > > should do it > > Okay, I did "mv /etc/X11/X /etc/X11/X.bak" and then "dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xorg". /etc/X11/xorg.conf was not modified. > > dunno,
I am running etch amd64 on two different machines and recently manually updated xorg.conf, then remembered about reconfigure, but of course did not work. Later read somewhere that deleting X will fix it and sure enough worked both times. Maybe moving X doesnt work since it is just a link. Did any of the other solutions suggested work? good luck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]