Re: X busted after 2.0 -> 2.1 upgrade
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Brian May wrote:
> In article <[🔎] 19990407173006.A726@ecn.purdue.edu> you write:
> >> This appears to be the case. I saved my old XF86Config, reran XF86Setup,
> >> and then replaced the auto-generated XF86Config with my old one. Now
> >> startx works just fine.
[...]
> >Yes, this is a serious problem. I am not sure what I can do to fix it; my
> >pre- and post- removal scripts in the current xbase package don't delete
> >those conffiles, dpkg does. It's not easy to change dpkg's mind about such
> >things.
[...]
> - what package "owned" the config file in question? On my slink system
> /etc/X11/XF86Config isn't owned by any package. That might be
> significant.
I should clarify - my old XF86Config file was still there in /etc/X11/.
It wasn't deleted when I purged xbase. But even so, startx failed.
I knew that XF86Setup would overwrite XF86Config, so I saved a copy. I
don't know what *other* file XF86Setup created/restored/modified, but it
wasn't XF86Config.
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com
If all the muscles in your body pulled in the same direction, you
could lift over twenty tons. But you'd walk funny. - L. M. Boyd
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