Bug#206900: xserver-xfree86: enforces configuration upon upgrade
I have to agree with the submitted of this bug. In fact, I came to the
BTS to see if anyone else had reported this "new" annoying behavior,
so I am glad I am not the only one annoyed by this.
There used to be an question in debconf that said something like "do
you want to handle your XF86Config-4 via debconf? (Yes or No)". That
question seems to be gone, and now the maintainer scripts try to
manage your configuration for you, regardless of the administrator's
preference.
In addition, when debconf (dexconf?) is asking all those questions
about your X configuration (video card, video memory, mouse type,
modules to load, monitor info., etc.) there's no way to cancel. I have
a working XF86Config-4, and don't want anyone messing with it, nor do
I want to be asked a lot of configuration questions about something that
works. If I get asked the questions I'd like to have the option to
skip to the end. I was just hitting <Enter> in all this questions. I
am glad my XF86Config was not overwritten.
One final comment: on another machine, when I upgraded yesterday the X
packages, my XF86Config-4 got overwritten. The old one was saved with
a .old (or something like that) extension. The new XF86Config-4 file
was similar, and I noticed it was automatic generated. Seems like it
did hardware auto-detection. I didn't appreciate the maintainer scripts
overwritten my XF86Config-4 with a guess configuration and without
telling me anything.
Just wanted to offer my experiences with upgrades to the latest
versions of the X packages. Hope this helps.
Cheers!
Eloy.-
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