[Gllug] Puzzled by dpkg-reconfigure on Sarge (configuring X)

[Paul Cupis]

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On Thursday 29 July 2004 20:30, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> 
wrote:
> Wanting to re-configure X on my new (diskless) Sarge box I invoked:
>
>     dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
> Up came the dialogue boxes with the options which I'd chosen during
> installation.  I changed what I wanted (specifically "vesa" to
> "trident", pc104 to pc105 and us to gb) and saved it all.  However,
> when I examined the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 it was completely
> unchanged.  All the old settings were still there and when I
> restarted X it continued using the old settings.
>
> I invoked dpkg-reconfigure again and it came up with the new settings
> which I'd entered, so it had obviously saved them *somewhere* - just
> not in the right place.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Have you read /usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86/NEWS.Debian.gz 
or /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz?

How does the content of /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum and the 
output of `md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4` compare?

Paul Cupis
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paul at cupis.co.uk

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