Re: XF86Setup Command how to execute ?
On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 10:52, Andreas Janssen wrote:
> Hello
>
> michael (<linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>) wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 02:17, Alexander Schmehl wrote:
> >>
> >> I think your mail was intended to list instead of me, I therefore
> >> quite it in full.
> >>
> >> Please specify you mean with "If could not dpkg-reconfigure"?
> >>
> >> Do you run this command as root? What happens if you try to run
> >> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-free86"?
> >
> > I just ran this myself (to sort out a similar low-res issue for a Sony
> > SDM-X93 19'' TFT) and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-free86 ran, I answered
> > lots of questions, rebooted and nothing seems any diff. Indeed
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 hasn't changed at all...
>
> If the original config file has been changed manually or by some other
> setup program, debconf won't touch it. You can use dexconf to generate
> a config file from the answers stored in the debconf database.
Andrea - that explains it (I had manually editted XF86Config-4 to try,
unsuccessfully, to get more than 1024x768). Shame dpkg-reconfigure
doesn't warn before asking all the questions!
Thanks, Michael
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