Re: Xorg 7.0 and ATI working!

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

Christian Schuerer wrote:
> I had the problem too, that dpkg-reconfigure didn't write a new config file. 
> By chance I found out that you have to use the tool called "dexconf":
>
> :~$ dexconf --help
> Usage: dexconf [OPTION ...]
>   write an Xorg X server configuration file based on debconf database values
> Options:
>   -h, --help                                 display this usage message and 
> exit
>   -o FILE, --output=FILE                        write configuration file to 
> FILE
> This help message is intended only as a quick reference.  For a description of
> the usage of dexconf, see the dexconf(1) manual page.
>
> Could have saved you a lot of work ;-)

I had the same problem too. I guess it's a bug that only dexconf 
produces that file that IMHO should also be adjusted by

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.

The last screen of that command asks
"Write default Files section to configuration file?"
but no config file is ever written.

I finally 'solved' the situation by purging all the xorg stuff and 
reinstalling it.

Johannes

NB: dexconf's xorg.conf doesn't match my laptop's display resolution of 
1400x1050