On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 08:22:55AM -0500, John R. Daily wrote:
> daily:~> env DEBUG_XFREE86_PACKAGE=yes sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> Password:
> parse error reading X server string `unknown'
> parse error reading X server string `unknown'
> xserver-xfree86 postinst note: not updating /etc/X11/X; file has been customized
> xserver-xfree86 postinst note: not updating /etc/X11/XF86Config-4; file has
> been customized
Sorry, I goofed; for xserver-xfree86{,-dbg} you need to use the
DEBUG_FREE86_DEBCONF variable (debconf's DEBCONF_DEBUG variable will
work as well).
Also, it's worth making sure that sudo isn't scrubbing the environment.
(I know what its manpage says, but experiment is the best indicator.)
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