On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:07:27PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 11:58:04AM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 03:35, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > > The other problem is that the new configuration nuked my existing > > > XF86Config-4 settings. When I restarted X, it went back to 640x480. I > > > had to run, I think it was dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to get my > > > proper video back. > > > > It doesn't overwrite your config file unless you tell it to. Or do you > > mean you wanted it to, but it didn't do it right? > > And when it writes a new one, it saves the old one with an extension, > I'm pretty sure. XF86Config-4~ ? In 4.1.0-11 and before, yes. In 4.1.0-12 and later, things work a little differently. Read the changelogs. But the bottom line is that an existing XF86Config-4 is never deleted, just moved. -- G. Branden Robinson | Psychology is really biology. Debian GNU/Linux | Biology is really chemistry. branden@debian.org | Chemistry is really physics. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | Physics is really math.
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