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Bug#297175: marked as done (Debian install - please mention need to run dexconf after X configuration )

Your message dated Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:34:26 +0200
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has caused the Debian Bug report #297175,
regarding Debian install - please mention need to run dexconf after X configuration 
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Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 2005-02-27 image from debian website about 4 weks ago
uname -a: Linux home 2.4.27-speakup #1 Thu Aug 19 21:46:14 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2005-02-27
Method: From CD
What did you boot off?  CD
If network install, from where?  download from debian.org  not proxied
Machine: desktop w/Slot-A motherboard
Processor: AMD K-7 (800MHz)
Memory:256M
Root Device: hda0
Root Size/partition table:
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1               1          99      795186   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda2   *         100        1405    10490445   83  Linux
/dev/hda3            1406        9729    66862530    5  Extended
/dev/hda5            1406        2717    10538608+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6            2718        3481     6136798+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7            3482        3544      506016   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda8            3545        9729    49680981   83  Linux
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System Controller (rev 25)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] AGP Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] ISA (rev 01)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] IDE (rev 03)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] ACPI (rev 03)
0000:00:07.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] USB (rev 06)
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
0000:00:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/DX or /GX (rev 01)
0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI]
home:/var/log# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1022:7006 (rev 25)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1022:7007 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 0601: 1022:7408 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.1 0101: 1022:7409 (rev 03)
0000:00:07.3 0680: 1022:740b (rev 03)
0000:00:07.4 0c03: 1022:740c (rev 06)
0000:00:09.0 0200: 1186:1300 (rev 10)
0000:00:0a.0 0300: 5333:8a01 (rev 01)
0000:00:0b.0 0401: 1274:5000

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [ 0]
Configure network HW:   [ 0]
Config network:         [I had a DSL modem connected directly to the computer, which requires pppoe.  There was no
way to bring up pppoe from the installer; I could not access the installation archive until I installed a router
(to bring up pppoe and provide a standard network interface to the computer.)  This is OK but it should be explained to
the user so he/she will have the required hardware.]
Detect CD:              [ 0]
Load installer modules: [ 0]
Detect hard drives:     [ 0]
Partition hard drives:  [ 0]
Create file systems:    [ 0]
Mount partitions:       [ 0]
Install base system:    [ 0]
Install boot loader:    [ 0]
Reboot:                 [ 0]

Comments/Problems:

__Please__ provide a statement in the xfree86 configuration sequence that you have to run dexconf to actually write
out the XF86Config file, or just run it automatically after the configuration.  This didn't used to be required! It
took me two days to figure it out; I thought I was doing something else wrong and did considerable damage.  It is
mentioned in  the FAQ, but everything else is spelled out in the screen instructions and it would be much easier if
you just had a  screen like

"You must run dexconf to actually generate a new XF86Config file.  Run dexconf now?  Yes/No."

When I finally found it in the FAQ and ran dexconf, x-windows started with no trouble.

Otherwise the installer worked extremely well.  I have use linux since
Slackware 0.9 and this is one of the best.

Thanks for all the hard work.

Dan Woodard
danw@siri.org

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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 01:18:15PM -0500, Dan Woodard wrote:
> __Please__ provide a statement in the xfree86 configuration sequence
> that you have to run dexconf to actually write out the XF86Config
> file, or just run it automatically after the configuration.  This
> didn't used to be required!

X.org configuration is now handled automatically by the relevant
packages.  I am thus closing this (pretty old) bug report.

Cheers,
-- 
Jérémy Bobbio                        .''`. 
lunar@debian.org                    : :Ⓐ  :  # apt-get install anarchism
                                    `. `'` 
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