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Re: configuring xwindows?



On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Andreas Janssen wrote:

> Hello
> 
> Jake Johnson (<plutoid@plutoid.com>) wrote:
> 
> > I have seen that redhat does a great job with configuring the xserver
> > and
> > I was hoping that Debian has something comparable.  Please let me know
> > so I don't have to try and play with xf86config!
> 
> The way I prefer is to configure X with debconf:
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> (if you use XFree 4)
> 
> There are also some packages that can help you get information about
> your hardware, for example hwdata, discover and read-edid (to read your
> monitor capabilities).
> 
> best regards
>         Andreas Janssen
> 
> 

when i do this apt creates a xf86config-4 file but start x doesn't read 
it.  Do you know why this is?
-- 
Regards,
Jake Johnson
jake@plutoid.com

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