cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The upgrade asked me a number of questions about my monitor and > video card, some of which I probably got wrong, but it made no > visible difference as my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is completely > unchanged.
During the upgrade you are asked a set of questions about the system. Ideally the answers to these questions should result in a new XF86Config-4. So ideally you should never be forced to edit your XF86Config-4 yourselves. If you wish to change the settings of your x-server, you can write the following dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 If you edit your XF86Config-4 yourselves after the update, then you have to do a bit of work to force dpkg-reconfigure to take control of XF86Config-4 again. The following header explains it nicely. # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands as root: # # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Now you can use dpkg-reconfigure to create an XF86Config-4 that is taylored for the version of xfree86 that comes with Sarge. Perhaps this will help. (Remember not to delete the old version XF86Config-4 :) > I tried looking at /var/log/XFree86.0.log, but couldn't see anything > with an EE (error) against it, and only one WW (warning) - Cannot > open APM - which I've got in Woody anyway. Well actually I had a somewhat similar problem myself (Bug Bug#204603). When I use Xserver-4.2 I get a signal 11 with no further intelligible error messages. If your log looks somewhat like mine, then you are doomed :) If they look different, then you should perhaps post the entire log http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2003/debian-x-200308/msg00177.html http://groups.google.dk/groups?th=9ac4ac009ab6e231 > Regards cr (back in Woody) Personally I got a nice system by using xserver-xfree86 from woody, and everything else from Sarge. This is not perfect, but at least it seems to work. It was easy to achieve this by editing my /etc/apt/preferences. (See APT-HOWTO). I have something like this: Package: xserver-xfree86 Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 800 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 600 .... Good luck Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]