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Re: Bug in xfree86-xserver setup?



On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 01:46:31AM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> * Sridhar M.A. (mas@uomphysics.net) spake thusly:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Just today when apt-get upgrade installed the new version of
> > xfree86-xserver in testing (4.1.0-16), I could not start X. It was
> > looking for Nvidia chipsets. This appeared strange and on checking I
> > found that the installation script retained almost every entry in my
> > XF86Config-4 file and strangely changed the driver entry from mga to nv.
> > It also removed one of the font paths. Should it not retain the old
> > entries? It was funny looking at the config file: Card identification is
> > Matrox G200, but the driver is nv :-)
> 
> If anyone out there still thinks dexconf was a good idea,
> they ought to have their head examined.
> 

I'd second that, but only the first part not the second :-}.

-Andy


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