Bug#414172: xserver-xorg: on sarge-etch upgrade, fails produce usable xorg.conf

[Daniel Blaschke <e9825797@student.tuwien.ac.at>]

Drew Parsons wrote:
>> In Sarge, /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 had the i810-driver configured:
>>
>> After upgrade to etch, /etc/X11/xorg.conf was changed to use mga
>>
>>     
>
> Could you tell us what your output is (on both your errant machines) from 
> "discover --data-path=xfree86/server/device/driver display" ?
>
> This is where your i810/savage is supposed to be detected.
>
> Is xserver-xorg-input-all installed on your savage machine?
>
> Does your xorg.conf get generated correctly if you run
> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" ?
>
> Drew
>
>
>   
xserver-xorg-input-all was installed.

# discover --data-path=xfree86/server/device/driver display
-bash: discover: command not found
(on both machines)

I also tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg: there was no autodetection
(on either machine), instead I was asked to select a driver (mga was
highlighted by default). During the initial upgrade, however, I didn't
get that screen: I was only asked about screen-resolutions.

(By the way: the upgrade was done remotely through ssh.)

Why doesn't xserver-xorg use the setup from /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 which
worked perfectly with XFree86?

Daniel