On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 12:59:41AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > On 10 Dec 2001 15:02:15 +0100 > Paul Fleischer <proguy@proguy.dk> wrote: > > > Yesterday I did an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, and was surprised > > this morning. My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 had been altered to use the nv > > driver instead of the nvidia driver. Because of this my X wouldn't > > start. Of course the fix was easy and painless, but still it was quite > > annoying. > > I believe Dexconf is not living up to its advertisement, as > described in the manpage, it should not write anything outside : > > Dexconf writes only to the area between > ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION > and > ### END DEBCONF SECTION > in the configuration file. In my case, I didnt even have those sections. I guess my config file predates dexconf: # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by Dexter, # the Debian X Configuration tool. If your XF86Config-4 doesnt have a BEGIN DEBCONF section and END DEBCONF section, it will go and clobber the whole file. Perhaps I'll file a wishlist bug to make it the other way around :) Thanks, Norbert
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