[Gllug] Can't configure X on Debian Sarge

[John Winters]

On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 16:23 +0000, Steve Nelson wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:23:16 +0000, John Winters <john at sinodun.org.uk> wrote:
> > I've got a Debian Sarge box which was originally installed without X.
> > I'm now trying to add it in and I think I've got all the packages
> > installed but it refuses to configure.
> 
> I assume this means you have got yourself x-window-system-core?

Yes.

> > If I run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" it goes through all the
> > usual questions about configuring X but then it simply doesn't write the
> > configuration file.  /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is there but it's an empty
> > file.  No error messages are produced.  What might be missing which
> > would prevent the file being written?
> 
> If something (yourself included) has messed with XF86Config-4,
> dpkg-reconfigure won't touch the file.  You might try:
> 
> md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
> 
> And then run dpkg-reconfigure.

Ah, yes - I'm sure that's it.  I haven't done anything to XF86Config-4;
it just seems to have tripped over its own feet during the installation.
I've been bitten by this bijou bugette before, but I'd forgotten exactly
what it was.

Thanks for the pointer.

John


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