Re: apt-get dist-update problem
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 11:10:28AM -0500, Ian Patrick Thomas wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 05:02:33PM +0200, S?ren Neigaard wrote:
> > Saturday, October 13, 2001, 5:44:45 PM, Ian wrote:
> >
> > IPT> On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 04:32:19PM +0200, S?ren Neigaard wrote:
> > >> Saturday, October 13, 2001, 4:08:53 PM, dman wrote:
> > >>
> > >> d> On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 03:21:54PM +0200, S?ren Neigaard wrote:
> > >> d> | I just did a apt-get dist-update to testing, and it killed my X.
> > >> d> | Why?
> > >>
> > >> d> Probably because you didn't configure X after the upgrade.
> > >> Ok ad how do I do this?
> >
> > IPT> Use the command XF86Setup. It should be in /usr/X11R6/bin. Make sure
> > IPT> you run it as root.
> > I don't have it!? Is this bad news, or can I just apt-get install it?
>
> You can use xf86config, its text based.
>
> Things you should know before running it:
> Which device your mouse is on
> The horizontal and vertical sync of your monitor(should be in the manual)
> What type of video card you have
> How many KB of ram on it(you convert from megs)
> What type of keyboard
> I may have missed something:)
>
> If you get stuck, just his ctrl-c and it will exit.
I'd give it a try and run dexconf. It uses debconf's database and
generates XF86Config or XF86Config-4 (depending on the default X server
selected).
$ man dexconf
Helmut
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