[Gllug] Can't configure X on Debian Sarge

[Steve Nelson]

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?
 
> 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.

Good luck.

S.
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