Bug#318634: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg forget all the previous value
Hello,
On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 01:30:13PM +0200, David Martínez Moreno wrote:
> El Sábado, 16 de Julio de 2005 19:22, Sylvain LE GALL escribió:
> > Package: xserver-xorg
> > Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > First of all, i would like to thank you for the great work done from
> > XFree86 to X.org.
> >
> > When i try to reconfigure X.org i use the standard "dpkg-reconfigure
> > xserver-xorg" command line. All the values are taken into account and
> > written in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (and a backup file is created). BUT if i
> > do it again, all the values i have set are forgotten... That is a little
> > bit annoying -- especially when you are trying new configurations ;-)
> >
> > The value reported by "debconf-show xserver-xorg" are the good ones (see
> > below), but it seems that they are overwritten at the beginning of the
> > xserver-xorg.config... (i don't know where).
>
> Hello, Sylvain. Could you please patch your current
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.config with the attached patch and
> run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg again? It should finally preserve old
> values.
>
It works better, but it is stillg forgetting the name of my monitor (ViewSonic
VP171b). I can see it in the debconf-show xserver-xorg.
Thank you
Sylvain Le Gall
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