On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:11:56 +0100, Erich Schubert <erich.schubert@mucl.de> wrote: > > severity serious > i agree > this IS a serious bug. > the xf86 config file must not be overwritten (okay, there IS a backup > made, but novice users will go crazy when their xserver no longer > starts; with certain chipsets this might even lead to lockups, i > fear!) without querying the user FIRST. > Or it could just check if there are debconf marks in the config file. > if there are not, it should NOT be overwritten; if there are, only the > parts within the marks may be overwritten. I believe this is already done in xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-11_*.deb. > btw: it would be great if the config tool could detect the commercial > nvidia driver (at least if installed via > nvidia-kernel-src/nvidia-glx-src!) and provide this as additional > choice. See bug #123344. -- .--=====-=-=====-=========----------=====-----------=-=-----=. / David Barclay Harris Aut agere, aut mori. \ \ Clan Barclay Either action, or death. / `-------======-------------=-=-----=-===-=====-------=--=----'
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