Re: How to force re-config of xorg?

["s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com>]

Ken Teague <kteague@pobox.com>:
>  s. keeling wrote:
> >   xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised
> >   configuration
> 
>  Your xorg.conf has been customized and dpkg-reconfigure doesn't want you
>  to lose those options when it attempts to reconfigure Xorg.  Back it up
>  by moving it:
>    $ mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_`date +%F-%T`
>    $ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

(234) newmil [root] /root_ mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_`date +%F-%T`
(0) newmil [root] /root_ all /etc/X11/xorg*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1803 2009-01-18 22:04 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090118220406
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1154 2009-01-21 17:39 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121173908
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1182 2009-01-21 17:40 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121174015
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1154 2009-01-21 17:40 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121174020
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1154 2009-01-21 17:40 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121174053
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1182 2009-01-21 18:04 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090121180435
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1154 2009-01-21 18:04 /etc/X11/xorg.conf_2009-01-21-21:19:20
(0) newmil [root] /root_ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
md5sum: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

As I say, I've been here before.  It's a simple problem, but I can't
remember what the solution is/was.


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