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Re: x configuration process



On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 08:30:17PM -0700, Nick Urban wrote:
> Why does X not attempt to configure itself automatically before asking 
> the user questions?

Depends on whether discover and friends are installed or not.

> The debconf configurator asks lots of questions that many users don't 
> understand or care about. If the user does care, they can always just 
> run `XFree86 -configure' and do some manual editing.

Oh, and doing it that way subjects clueless users to LESS intimidating
questions.  Not.  Branden's configuration method is pretty moron-friendly.

> Does X it normally autoconfigure when working correctly, or is this a
> bigger problem. If it is, can we just steal knoppix autoconfigure system?

Please, no... can we have something that works, instead?

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