Bug#334340: metoo
A quick perusal of the debconf code for xserver-xorg suggests that the
problem with each upgrade prompting multiple times for certain
information happens when automatic detection fails. The config script
clears out old debconf data and tries to autodetect. If autodetection
failed, the values are unset and therefore generate prompts. Perhaps
a suitable fix would be the config script to cache old values and
restore them after autodetection for all cases in which autodetection
failed to generate a proper value.
I have noticed that different prompts appear on different systems: my
desktop system always prompts for the video hardware, and my laptop
prompts for the mouse.
I can try to generate a patch that fixes this if you want.
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Jay Berkenbilt <qjb@debian.org>
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