Geordie Birch wrote: > > on a fresh install of unstable i am having trouble creating an XF86Config. > it doesn't get created when xserver-xfree86 is installed, and > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 doesn't create it either. Try "apt-get install task-x-window-system-core". For some reason that debconf page seems to involve the interaction of several packages, and you need all of them for it to work right. Good luck! Stuart.