On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 02:42:10AM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > Running Etch on a i386, I switched monitors and ran "dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xorg"; but the system returned an error message, saying that the > configuration file would not be written because it had been customized. > > Another problem is that the configuration routine would not allow me to > specify monitor parameters (horizontal synchronization rate, vertical > refresh rate, desired resolutions). > > I tried also "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" and had the same > result.
If you want more control you need '-plow'. > Next, I deleted "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and again ran "dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xorg", but X would not start. > > Is there a way to regenerate "xorg.conf"? There was a trick involving dexconf. It was discussed just a few weeks ago, you could search the archives. HTH Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]