Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 09:34:38 -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:

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> I have a related problem. When I use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, 
> everything apparently goes well, except the results of the 
> reconfiguration never get written anywhere. There is no warning or error 
> produced, but no xorg.conf file anywhere on the system. When I do startx 
> after reconfiguring and examine the log file, it tells me no 
> configuration file was found, and falls back to built-in defaults.
> 
> I have read the man pages and much else, but cannot get a handle on this 
> one. Any suggestions much appreciated.

So, if I understand you correctly, you don't have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf
file at all, and "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" refuses to generate
one? (Usually people have trouble with an existing customized xorg.conf
which dpkg-reconfigure refuses to update.)

Do you have the file /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum? Maybe that is
confusing the configuration script. (I think that a non-existing file
can never match any md5sum.)

What version of xserver-xorg are you using? Is it a fresh install or an
upgrade from an older Xorg/XFree86?

-- 
Regards,
          Florian