Bug#362078: xserver-xorg: dpkg-reconfigure doesn't work if the xorg.conf has been customized
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 08:38:47PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
> As long as it writes it somewhere OTHER than on top of /etc/X11/xorg.conf,
> please. The fact that a customized configuration will not be destroyed
> without a deliberate action is a good thing, whether or not that customized
> configuration is "correct" by some definition, or not.
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg counts as a deliberate action in my book.
If you are overwriting an existing config file, it a) tells you so, b)
backs it up, and c) tells it where.
> I know I'd be more than a little offended if my carefully worked-out
> dual-screen-and-additional-input-devices configuration were arbitrarily
> overwritten.
Me too, including the one for my laptop that deals with multiple screens
if you ask it to. I wrote all that code and tested it on my live
configuration. Those same configurations are still there today.
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