dselect upgrade requires re-configuration of pc105 keyboard

["J. Grant" <jg@jguk.org>]

Hello,

I have some feedback regarding the upgrade process.  I ran dselect, and 
told it to upgrade my Jan sarge/testing install.


my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 contains this:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "keyboard0"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "gb"
EndSection


When I just ran dselect and upgraded my packages to latest testing I got 
a text based interface even though I selected KDE. And then I had to 
reconfigure my keyboard:

========================================
Debian Configuration


 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┤ Configuring 
xserver-xfree86 ├───────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ For the X server to handle your keyboard correctly, a keyboard model 
must be entered.  Available models depend on  │
 │ which XKB rule set is in use. 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ The "pc101" keyboard is a traditional IBM PC/AT style keyboard with 
101 keys, historically common in the United    │
 │ States.  It does not have the "logo" or "menu" keys. 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ The "pc104" keyboard is like the pc101 model, with additional keys. 
 These keys are usually engraved with a        │
 │ "logo" symbol (there is typically a pair of these, between each set 
of control and alt keys), and a "menu" key.    │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ The "pc102" and "pc105" models are versions of the pc101 and pc104 
keyboards, respectively, often found in         │
 │ Europe.  If your keyboard has a "< >" key (a single key engraved 
with both the less-than and greater-than          │
 │ symbols), you likely have a "pc102" or "pc105" model; if you choose 
"pc101" or "pc104" instead, your "< >" key     │
 │ might not work. 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ The "macintosh" model is for Macintosh keyboards where the kernel 
and console tools use the new input layer which  │
 │ uses Linux keycodes; "macintosh_old" is for Macintosh keyboard users 
who are not using the new input layer.        │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ All of the above models use the "xfree86" rule set. 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ The "type4" and "type5" models are for Sun Type4 and Type5 
keyboards, respectively.  These models can only be      │
 │ used if the "sun" XKB rule set is in use. 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ Laptop keyboards often do not have as many keys as standalone 
models; laptop users should select the keyboard      │
 │ model most closely approximated by the above. 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ Advanced users can use any model defined by the selected XKB rule 
set.  If the xlibs package has been unpacked,    │
 │ see the /etc/X11/xkb/rules directory for available rule sets. 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ Users of U.S. English keyboards should generally enter "pc104". 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ Please select your keyboard model. 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │
 │ 
pc104_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
│
 │ 
                                               │
 │                                                       <Ok> 
                                               │
 │ 
                                               │

└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Would it be possible to simply use my existing configuration? rather 
than have to re-configure everything again...?

I am not on this list, so please include my email address in any replies.

Kind regards
JG