Anthony Campbell wrote:
On 15 Jul 2004, Kent West wrote:I've got a sid box on which I wanted to change the resolution, so I ran "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86". Afterwards, I took a look at the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, and found that it was not touched.I've seen this before, and followed the instructions at the top of the XF86Config-4 file, as in:# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86<>but that does not work on this machine.
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I have something different in XF86Config-4: # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands as root: # # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum # dpkg-reconfigure xserver Maybe try this?
Sorry; I guess I wasn't clear. This header that you have was on the second machine, and at one point I did try those instructions, as in my quote above.
Thanks anyway!Surely someone knows how this file gets generated so that debconf can manipulate it?
-- Kent