Re: XF86Config-4 not being modified by dpkg-reconfigure
In my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file:
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes
# before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the
# "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
#
# To change things within the debconf section, run the command:
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
# as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated
# XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz.
I think that file used to have more explicit instructions; you've
basically got to make sure that the XF86Config-4 that is used is the
same as the one that dpkg knows about, or has the same checksum, or
something. I did it once, ages ago.
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:49:40 -0500, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> <><snip>
>
> >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
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