On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 03:37:01PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> Patrick Mauro <pmauro@engr.uvic.ca> writes:
> > The big problem is that my X won't work! Whenever I try to run it,
> > I now get an error saying something like unable to stat file
> > /etc/X11/X.
>
> Did something similar over the weekend (reinstall potato base,
> dist-upgrade to testing and then install task-x-window-system).
> The thing is that xserver-xfree86 does *neither* create a config
> file *nor* create a symlink to the server.
If you guys would be cognizant of the fact that there is such a thing as
"unstable", your lives would doubtless be more pleasant.
Here are some excerpts from the XFree86 changelog since 4.0.2-7, relevant
to X server configuration:
xfree86 (4.0.2-13) unstable; urgency=medium
* debian/local/dexconf: don't freak out if the selected mode list is blank
xfree86 (4.0.2-12) unstable; urgency=low
* debian/local/dexconf: add value of shared/default-x-server to error output
of fetch() (unless this is the very debconf value we couldn't retrieve)
* debian/xserver-xfree86.config:
- provide driver list for ARM architecture
- provide driver list for hurd-i386 architecture (same as i386)
* debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst: dexconf exiting with an error is no
longer an error for the postinst; people apparently insist on screwing
themselves by telling debconf one thing, and then changing the /etc/X11/X
symlink just for the fun of it. Fine, you guys can write your
XF86Config{,-4} files from scratch. Don't come crying to me.
(Closes: #91217)
xfree86 (4.0.2-11) unstable; urgency=low
* debian/local/dexconf:
- new function, fetch(), which is a wrapper around db_get that bombs the
script if needed info from the debconf database is missing (use for all
db_get's except the video RAM question)
- make the Configured Mouse the core pointer, not the Generic Mouse
(fixes problems with people not having USB devices at all, and without
/dev/input directories)
* debian/xserver-xfree86.config:
- make configuration file clobbering questions high priority
- if and only if the environment variable DEBUG_XFREE86_DECONF is set
(to something non-null), debugging output will be generated, and
pauses will occur before some db_inputs
- add in lots of debugging for monitor autodetection
* debian/xserver-xfree86.templates:
- don't have modes higher than 1152x864 on by default in the available
modes list
- add more info to shared/multiple_possible_x-servers and
multiple_possible_x-drivers descriptions
xfree86 (4.0.2-10) unstable; urgency=low
* debian/xserver-xfree86.config: check for changed owners of
default-x-server template before all autodetection logic
(addresses Progeny pr/1158)
xfree86 (4.0.2-8) unstable; urgency=medium
* debian/xserver-xfree86.config:
- if the X server symlink points back to the wrapper, automatically
clobber it
- comment out a lot of workaround code to see if the shared template
scanning problem is fixed in debconf
* debian/xserver-xfree86.postinst:
- use "message" function, not simple echo
- only manipulate the /etc/X11/X symlink if the debconf database has
info on the default X server; otherwise, display a helpful note
* debian/xserver-xfree86.templates:
- set default true on emulate3buttons and zaxismapping
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