Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 yeilds no XF86Config-4 file?
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 03:49:38PM -0700, Ed Young wrote:
> I'm very confused. Where does the XF86Config-4 file live? I thought it
> was in /etc/X11.
>
> I also thought that dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 was supposed to
> create a new XF86Config file.
>
> I did an experiment. I deleted (saved elsewhere) the XF86Config-4 file
> and tried to recreate it using the dpkg-reconfigure command above. It
> errored out that it couldn't be found. So I created the file with only #
> marks and re-ran the reconfigure command. It had no effect.
>
> WTF?
>
>
>
do some more google'ing, I had the same problem recently and you need to
reset the md5sum of the file in /var/something or other. search for
XF86config reconfigure md5sum and I'd guess you'll hit something
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